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breed

[breed] / brid /






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Fruit flies are simple to breed and keep in the lab.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Two of that breed, Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria, can’t see into the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Hemsley warned it was not uncommon for the birds not to breed again after losing their nests.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Russian state scientists appointed by Putin have focused on two key technologies: bioprinting, or 3D-printing living tissue, and xenotransplantation, or growing human organs inside mini-pigs, a porcine breed deemed genetically compatible to humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

What he meant was that we needed to breed more cattle, and I had planned that, at least, from the beginning.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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