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Meanings of interbreeding in English

Portuguese
hibridização
Catalan
hibridació
Spanish
cruce

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

      hibridização
      Usage of interbreeding in English
      1
      Pure-bred wildcats are under threat from interbreeding with domestic and feral animals.
      BBC
      2
      With interbreeding now well-established the intriguing question is, what came of it?
      The Guardian
      3
      Moreover, the potential interbreeding between these two Ascaris species has been demonstrated.
      Pubmed
      4
      The high diversity among Cambodian animals may result from interbreeding with rhesus macaques.
      Pubmed
      5
      Not enough time has passed, however, for interbreeding to become impossible.
      Wired
      6
      There simply wouldn't have been much of an opportunity for interbreeding.
      Blameless
      7
      There is no chance of interbreeding between Earth and this world.
      Pathfinder
      8
      So it's hard to draw any firm conclusions about the role of interbreeding.
      BBC
      9
      Rozen said the Brazilian honey bee is a hybrid resulting from interbreeding bet.
      The new yorker
      10
      I suppose that shows what six centuries of interbreeding can do.
      The fracture zone: my return to the balkans
      11
      Sterility various in degree, not universal, affected by close interbreeding, removed by domestication.
      On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection / Or, the...
      12
      This holds good when there has been no previous close interbreeding.
      The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
      13
      They died out as a breed after interbreeding with European dogs.
      Radio NZ
      14
      Any mechanism that prevents interbreeding can thus generate new species.
      Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
      15
      Was the interbreeding of Europe's royal families dangerous, genetically speaking?
      The Guardian
      16
      The other five hybrids are considered advanced-generation hybrids, resulting from interbreeding among hybrid individuals.
      Pubmed
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      Spanish
      cruce
      Interbreeding through the time