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
However, officials say that they will need to breed up to 600 million sterile screwworms flies each week in order to fight back the outbreak.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Eaton uses a carefully sourced heritage breed bird that’s brined, deboned and served in butter for $35.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
As a rule domesticated plants are less genetically diverse than wild species, because breeders try to breed out characteristics they don't want.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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