interbreed
Example Sentences
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But in the past 20 to 40 years, over the same period that these communities saw the explosive growth of cities, human blood–seeking mosquitoes have interbred with more benign, local populations.
From Science Magazine
But if biologists were to attempt to encourage interbreeding between the northern and southern residents, for example, the animals would likely just return to their families, Ford said.
From Seattle Times
Deacon also pointed out that Neaderthals had great genetic variability as they interbred with modern humans before going extinct 40,000 years ago.
From Salon
"The European Neanderthal actually began here in the Levant and migrated to Europe, while interbreeding with other groups of humans."
From BBC
And an influx of people into the Tibetan Plateau since the 1950s has led to a surge of domestic cats—which appear to be interbreeding with the Chinese mountain cat, potentially corrupting its genome.
From Science Magazine
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