intercross
Example Sentences
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Pisum sativum, varieties of, rarely intercross, but a cross between them highly beneficial.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
We have also seen that as plants became more highly developed and affixed to the ground, they would be compelled to be anemophilous in order to intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
Lathyrus odoratus, varieties of, never naturally intercross in England.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
So it must be, owing merely to the prepotency of foreign pollen, with cabbages and various other plants, the varieties of which almost invariably intercross when grown together.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
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