outcropping
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He noted that some in Europe are outcrossing English bulldogs with another breed, the Olde English Bulldogge, to create a healthier animal called a continental bulldog.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2016
Others argue that the English Bulldog has constantly evolved over the centuries and favour the introduction of new genetic material, known as outcrossing.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2016
In animal breeding, techniques such as inbreeding, linebreeding, and outcrossing are utilized.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Ranchers once content to breed any bull that leaped around now turned to outcrossing and in-vitro fertilization to select specific behaviors: the dropkick, the side spin, the twisting belly roll.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2014
The bags are then replaced and permanently removed when danger of outcrossing is eliminated, in this case 10-14 days after the last pollination.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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