From this trunk, like a tower, rose an enormous tenfold ramification, the branches of which crossed and intercrossed, and forked and developed, […]
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Intercross
Synonyms for "intercross" (8 found)
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Translations
3 translations across 1 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- хибрид noun (The act or product of intercrossing)
- кръстосвам verb ((biology, genetics) to breed)
- пресичам се verb (To cross back over one another)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A species varies occasionally in two directions, but owing to their free intercrossing they (the variations) never increase.
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Intercrosses are particularly useful with recessive mutations maintained in a small colony.
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