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Meanings of crossbreeding in English
(Genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
Synonyms
Examples for "cross"
Examples for "cross"
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Thousands of migrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe every year.
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Future studies of comprehensive prenatal case management should focus on cross-level questions.
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Since Israel's Gaza offensive 18 months ago, cross-border violence has largely abated.
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The rest needs to come from either cross-selling or new growth initiatives.
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How can I cross the swarming sea and reach home at last?'
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Of course, crossing the Cerulean Sea in a morning was impossible too.
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KiwiRail said in February that the crossing had every safety measure available.
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In the meantime conditions at the border crossing remain difficult for some.
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Talks to avert threatened industrial action by 300 level-crossing gate-keepers begin today.
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Several research papers published on Monday provided scientific details of that crossing.
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We propose a new RNA quality measure that considers the hybridization mode.
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These changes may induce or increase the frequency of hybridization among taxa.
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Best results are obtained using high-quality RNA samples for preparation and hybridization.
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Methods of analysis included microcomputer tomography scans, histology, and in situ hybridization.
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The PCR products were analyzed by gel electrophoresis and Southern blot hybridization.
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Significantly reducing hybridisation and washing times did not impair the assay performance.
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Two additional smaller peaks of hybridisation to specific chromosomal subregions were observed.
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The heterostyled plants are normally dependent on a process corresponding to hybridisation.
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The subject of hybridisation is dealt with in another part of this essay.
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Dingo classification and management is complicated by hybridisation with domestic dogs.
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Pure-bred wildcats are under threat from interbreeding with domestic and feral animals.
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With interbreeding now well-established the intriguing question is, what came of it?
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Moreover, the potential interbreeding between these two Ascaris species has been demonstrated.
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The high diversity among Cambodian animals may result from interbreeding with rhesus macaques.
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Not enough time has passed, however, for interbreeding to become impossible.
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I do not advocate intermarriage; I do not defend miscegenation.
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There was a furious regional reaction to claims of miscegenation.
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The only case where it is often invoked in the human race is in miscegenation.
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Lovecraft's hysterical terror of miscegenation recurs throughout his work.
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It makes Polo look like a festival of miscegenation.
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As many as twenty-six are doing important work in hybridizing.
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Specifically, embark upon a program of artificial crossing and hybridizing.
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Since my Father died we have not done any hybridizing.
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A minimum of six non-polymorphic cross-hybridizing high molecular weight fragments were found in all DNAs examined.
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One is hybridizing and the other sport development.
Usage of crossbreeding in English
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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.
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Translations for crossbreeding
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