(Genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
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However, the subgroup of farmers practicing crossbreeding showed a tolerance to high susceptibility.
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Zeebo is a cockapoo, a noble, albeit minuscule creation of crossbreeding.
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Most of them cross animals without a specific crossbreeding scheme.
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This family actually created the variety through crossbreeding garlic seeds.
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By crossbreeding and fusing several strains of bacteria, it converts polyester into prune yogurt.
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Strain background changes can influence the phenotype of mouse models and can confound crossbreeding studies.
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Since he left the government Mr. Wallace has been devoting his weekends to in-breeding and crossbreeding chickens.
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Who knows how much crossbreeding occurred?
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By crossbreeding a large African mother with a little French father, Mr. Burpee got jus what he wanted.
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We have attempted crossbreeding our somewhat squat-legged Eskimo dogs with Kentucky wolf hounds, to combine speed with endurance.
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There is no recorded case of crossbreeding at the great library of the Tanamoot, which is astonishing in itself.
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Professor and plant researcher Henry G. Walters speculated in 1915 about the potential for crossbreeding carnivorous and poisonous plants.
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Instead, populations reach a mutation-selection-drift-migration balance with sufficient among-population variance that some partially recessive, deleterious mutations can be masked upon crossbreeding.
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A 16-year-old pedigree cow has made history, with her last-born calf becoming the most popular sire for crossbreeding on dairy herds.
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However, the N'Dama's adaptive traits justify its use as part of the breeding strategy of farmers, either in pure-breeding or in crossbreeding.
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Wildlife advocates also prize the animals for their genetic purity, since they were excluded from an otherwise widespread practice of crossbreeding with cattle.