interbreed

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Scientists also found little evidence that wrens from Shetland and St Kilda regularly interbreed with mainland populations.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Even if breeding succeeds, it can lead to infertile offspring, such as mules, or to the two species gradually merging into one as they interbreed over generations.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 17, 2024

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

But if wild populations with variations in genotype keep interbreeding, Dobzhansky knew, a new species would never be formed: a species, after all, is fundamentally defined by its inability to interbreed with another.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee