intercross
Example Sentences
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If two distinct breeds were to be confined together in equal numbers, there is reason to suspect that they would to a certain extent prefer pairing with their own kind; but they would likewise intercross.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
Their expeditions intercross each other; we find them everywhere at once; Franks are seen at London, and Saxons at Angers.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand
The fully-developed males and females are winged, and individuals from distinct nests can hardly fail often to intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
I know nothing about the self-fertility of Trollius Lecoq 'De la Fecondation' 1862 page 93, Mahonia, and Crinum, in which genera the species intercross largely.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
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 The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
