interbreed
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When two closely related groups interbreed, the sex chromosomes do not behave like the others.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
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
Barred owls and northern spotted owls are closely related and can even interbreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
"These two species are interfertile, meaning that they can interbreed and produce viable offspring," the Center stated on its website.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
Kneazles have up to eight kittens in a Utter and can interbreed with cats.
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
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
Between 2009 and 2018, the researchers interbred the butterflies and recorded how traits such as wing shape and the chemical makeup of sex pheromones changed in the resulting offspring.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 17, 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
That widespread distribution indicates that the interbreeding happened before Homo sapiens made their final major migration out of Africa and expanded around the planet.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Yet the genomes of living people also contained signs of much older episodes of interbreeding.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
But over hundreds of millennia, human migrations resulted in interbreeding, researchers say.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Even after our successful interbreeding with Neanderthals, our population of Europe wasn't without hitches.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
These cats are obviously of Manx origin, and even interbreeding with tame cats they contribute taillessness.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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