Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The process of breeding between different species or varieties; cross-breeding; hybridization.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of interbreed.
- n. breeding within a narrow range of individuals
WordNet 3.0
- n. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- n. reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Examples
“The concept of a species whose capital depends upon interbreeding is complex.”
“Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany had previously dismissed the idea of interbreeding when he analysed Neanderthal mitochondrial”
“The AKC is rigorously against any kind of interbreeding, and has adopted a system of “pure” breeds that guarantees extensive amounts of destructive inbreeding will continue.”
Choice of First Dog Is Narrowed to 2 Breeds - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning”
“One period of interbreeding occurred around 60,000 years ago in the eastern Mediterranean, the other around 45,000 years ago in eastern Asia.”
We May All Have a Little Bit of Neanderthal Man in Us | Impact Lab
“In fact, researchers can actually narrow down the location where at least some of this hanky panky happened. all non-Africans – be they from France, China or Papua New Guinea – share the same amount of Neanderthal DNA, suggesting that interbreeding occurred before those populations split.”
Hot Human-On-Neanderthal Action: A Scientific Update | Impact Lab
“The findings support scientists who believe there is evidence of interbreeding in fossils.”
We May All Have a Little Bit of Neanderthal Man in Us | Impact Lab
“The preliminary results were encouraging, so he kept at it, selecting out the most effective strains and interbreeding them.”
16 Year Old High School Student Discovers Microbe That Eats Plastic | Impact Lab
“She found that the best explanation was if there were two periods of interbreeding between modern humans and another human species – and that Neanderthals were the only likely candidate.”
We May All Have a Little Bit of Neanderthal Man in Us | Impact Lab
“The researchers found evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern Africans – supporting the theory.”
We May All Have a Little Bit of Neanderthal Man in Us | Impact Lab
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