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crossbreeding

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1. crossbreeding - Noun

2. crossbreeding - Verb

Meaning

reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

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Finally breeders came to the conclusion that it was not worth crossbreeding. Source: Internet

In the first years of the 20th century, large scale crossbreeding occurred between the Galgo and the English Greyhound in order to create faster dogs for professional track racing. Source: Internet

The alternative crossbreeding programs initiated in 1940 by Dr. Antonio Teixeira Viana had the objective of obtaining first, crossbreeds 5/8 Charolais and 3/8 Zebu and second, 3/8 Charolais x 5/8 Zebu, to evaluate which of the two was the most successful. Source: Internet

Half-drow are the result of crossbreeding between another race and a drow, and share characteristics of both. Source: Internet

Since cattle and bison eat similar food and tolerate similar conditions, they have often been in the same range together in the past, and opportunity for crossbreeding may sometimes have been common. Source: Internet

"The roles of mutation, inbreeding, crossbreeding, and selection in evolution". Source: Internet

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