intercross
Example Sentences
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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
I have seen several times bees visiting common and sweet peas, and yet varieties, purposely grown close together, hardly ever intercross.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
Why then do not the varieties occasionally intercross, though this would not often happen, as insects so rarely act in an efficient manner?
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
The individuals which have already begun to vary will intercross one with another by the aid of insects; and this accounts for the extreme diversity of character which many of our long cultivated plants exhibit.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
Where the filaments intercross closely, are felted, and inclined to form a membrane, it is hymenoid mycelium.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
