intercross
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of intercross
Example Sentences
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Cultivated plants like those in a state of nature frequently intercross, and will thus mingle their constitutional peculiarities.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
There is no doubt that these three pheasants, namely, the common, the true ring-necked, and the Japan, intercross, and are becoming blended together in the woods of several parts of England.
From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Darwin, Charles
We have also seen that as plants became more highly developed and affixed to the ground, they would be compelled to be anemophilous in order to intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
Phaseolus vulgaris is perfectly self-sterile; nevertheless, varieties growing in the same garden sometimes intercross largely.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
He says, for example:— In the case of methodical selection, a breeder selects for some definite object, and if the individuals be allowed freely to intercross, his work will completely fail.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John
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