- present participle of interbreed.
interbreeding
Example Sentences
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According to the researchers, interbreeding between ancient humans and Denisovans left behind many genetic variants that remain present in people today.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 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
Duplicated and rearranged genes can account for some of this knottiness, Renner explains, as can interbreeding among these diverging plants.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 23, 2024
The Galápagos-in-a-carton experiment had demonstrated how a population of interbreeding organisms—flies, say—evolves over time.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
