interbreeding
- present participle of interbreed.
Example Sentences
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Now, researchers at UC Berkeley have identified specific regions of the modern human genome that came from these unidentified ancestors and estimated when the interbreeding occurred.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Because the two species were capable of producing offspring together, their interactions were likely complex, involving competition, occasional interbreeding and other subtle population dynamics."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026
But over hundreds of millennia, human migrations resulted in interbreeding, researchers say.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
They said that could lead to the wildcats breeding with feral domestic cats, with such interbreeding – also known as hybridisation - undermining the whole idea of bringing back the species.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
The Galápagos-in-a-carton experiment had demonstrated how a population of interbreeding organisms—flies, say—evolves over time.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
