intercross
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Column 3: Plants from an intercross between the Plants of the Eighth Self-fertilised Generation.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
Mr. Cheeseman also remarks, that as certain Orchids in New Zealand which require insect-aid for their fertilisation bear only a single flower, distinct plants cannot fail to intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
There is no doubt that these three pheasants, namely, the common, the true ring-necked, and the Japan, intercross, and are becoming blended together in the woods of several parts of England.
From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Charles Darwin
But these facts do not make me doubt that it is a general law of nature that the individuals of the same species occasionally intercross, and that some great advantage is derived from this act.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
It has been said in the case of this plant, as of so many others, that the flowers are fertilised in the bud, and that distinct plants or varieties can never naturally intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
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