Definition of crossbreeding Crossbreeding
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What does crossbreeding mean?
WordNet
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| crossbreeding - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | ||
| hybridization, hybridisation, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing | ||
| mating, sexual union, pairing, coupling, conjugation, union the act of grouping things or people in pairs | ||
| genetic science, genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | ||
| dihybrid cross hybridization using two traits with two alleles each | ||
| monohybrid cross hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) | ||
| reciprocal cross, reciprocal hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype | ||
| crossbreeding - reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) | ||
| miscegenation, interbreeding | ||
| facts of life, procreation, breeding, reproduction the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization | ||
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Wiktionary 
- crossbreeding (Verb)
Present participle of crossbreed.
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crossbreeding
Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons).
Part of speech
🔤- crossbreeding, verb, gerund of crossbreed (infinitive).
