crossbreed
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And when distant relatives "crossbreed," this can lead to the emergence of viruses with completely new properties.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024
It’s a crossbreed of a Carolina Reaper and what Currie mysteriously classifies as a “pepper that a friend of mine sent me from Michigan that was brutally hot.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
They crossbreed different varieties to produce new ones that grow better and are more resistant to diseases.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
Four years ago, Greene charged $75,000 for one of her fully trained dogs, a crossbreed of German, Belgian and Dutch shepherds with distinctive black masks and a stern wolfy appearance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Where the two subspecies occur together, individuals of one subspecies do not crossbreed with individuals of the other subspecies and therefore react toward one another as do full species.
From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley
Mrs Justice Beverley Lang dismissed most of the legal challenge, saying there was "sufficient evidence of an alarmingly high level of fatal attacks" by XL bullies or XL bullies crossbreeds.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
Nine out of 10 crossbreeds that we do go nowhere, and we have no expectation when we start.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
American Eskimos, Neapolitans, French bulldogs, a Siberian husky and American Staffordshire terrier, maltipoos, poodle crossbreeds and golden retrievers were some of the dogs that took to the red carpet and won prices.
From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2022
One of those crossbreeds involves being covered in warts.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
Technically speaking, the great majority of the “yaks” one sees in the Himalaya are actually dzopkyo—male crossbreeds of yaks and cattle—or dzom, female crossbreeds.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
American dairy producers are continuing to expand the number of beef cattle they produce that are crossbred with dairy cows, but cattlemen have been reluctant thus far to grow their herds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
The RVC said the study highlighted the importance of owners thoroughly exploring the characteristics of any breed - purebred or crossbred - before getting a dog.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Large commercial rewards have been reaped from these crossbred literary partnerships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
This evolutionary process leads to the formation of ecotypes, i.e., locally adapted "plant breeds" that differ slightly in appearance and may no longer be easily crossbred.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
They reminded me of miniature cafeteria ladies who’d been crossbred with dodo birds.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Bees in Southern California, originally from Europe, started crossbreeding with Africanized bees in the 1990s, said Orange County beekeeper Mike Henderson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests and climate change, found that the species emerged around 600,000 years ago through natural crossbreeding of two other coffee species.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Other breeders began crossbreeding Labs and poodles, golden retrievers and poodles, and as the years went on, many other breeds with poodles, making up cutesy names and fueling the “doodle” craze.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 1, 2023
In Asia, they coincided with the Denisovans, and that encounter may have led to confrontations and collaborations, but also various crossbreeding.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
We have attempted crossbreeding our somewhat squat-legged Eskimo dogs with Kentucky wolf hounds, to combine speed with endurance.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
