breed
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Fruit flies are simple to breed and keep in the lab.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Two of that breed, Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria, can’t see into the future.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
They were the first ospreys to breed on England's south coast in 180 years.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Russian state scientists appointed by Putin have focused on two key technologies: bioprinting, or 3D-printing living tissue, and xenotransplantation, or growing human organs inside mini-pigs, a porcine breed deemed genetically compatible to humans.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Within a decade of Tasmania’s settlement by Europeans with dogs, Aboriginal Tasmanians, who had never before seen dogs, began to breed them in large numbers for use in hunting.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Word Generation Science - Life Science
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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