interbreed

When two closely related groups interbreed, the sex chromosomes do not behave like the others.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

The two owls are closely related; they are similar in appearance and the birds can even interbreed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

"Over time we are going to have this entire lineage of cold adapted elephants that we can put back into the wild that can interbreed"

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025

These two broods may actually overlap — but probably not interbreed — in a small area near central Illinois, entomologists said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

There are ten breeds of dragon, though these have been known to interbreed on occasion, producing rare hybrids.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Some naturalists would separate them from the other cats, but the connection is supplied by the last species which, though possessing certain features of the lynx, yet interbreeds with the true cats.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

It interbreeds in Siberia with C. caniceps, an East Siberian form.

From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff

Gavæus frontalis interbreeds freely with domesticated cattle of all kinds.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

The study also explored genetic material inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans, two ancient human groups that interbred with Homo sapiens tens of thousands of years ago.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

In 2010 scientists reconstructed the Neanderthal genome -- blockbuster research that allowed for analysis making clear that the species interbred.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

The research for the first time pinpoints a short period 48,000 years ago when Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals after leaving Africa, after which they went on to expand into the wider world.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024

This means Thorin's genome was full of the variants one usually sees with recent inbreeding, a striking feature given other modern humans lived nearby with whom Thorin's Neanderthal community could have interbred.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

All the individuals might vary in some one direction, but they could not split up into distinct species whilst they occupied the same area and interbred without difficulty.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt

Now, researchers at UC Berkeley have identified specific regions of the modern human genome that came from these unidentified ancestors and estimated when the interbreeding occurred.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

"Because the two species were capable of producing offspring together, their interactions were likely complex, involving competition, occasional interbreeding and other subtle population dynamics."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026

But over hundreds of millennia, human migrations resulted in interbreeding, researchers say.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

"Are they co-operative, is there interbreeding, are the locals able to make their way into the elite?"

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025

Jenkin’s central problem with Darwin was this: if hereditary traits kept “blending” with each other in every generation, then what would keep any variation from being diluted out immediately by interbreeding?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee