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landrace

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landrace (plural landraces)

(often attributive) Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). [from late 19th c.]

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Development began when the U.S. Department of Agriculture imported Danish Landrace in 1934 and cross bred them with other purebred hogs. Source: Internet

Landrace cannabis strains derive from their original geographical spots, where they will have thrived for hundreds, thousands, or millions of years. Source: Internet

However, more recent study indicates that there was only one wild species and all different body types were entirely a result of selective breeding or landrace adaptation after domestication. Source: Internet

However, the term is sometimes used in a very broad sense to define landrace animals, or naturally selected horses of a common phenotype located within a limited geographic region. Source: Internet

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