interbreeding

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The researchers also detected significant interbreeding among the frogs.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

But over hundreds of millennia, human migrations resulted in interbreeding, researchers say.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

They said that could lead to the wildcats breeding with feral domestic cats, with such interbreeding – also known as hybridisation - undermining the whole idea of bringing back the species.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Based on certain genetic similarities between the two species, researchers had an inkling that H. elevatus might have obtained some of its genes via interbreeding between its H. pardalinus ancestors and H. melpomene.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 17, 2024

These cats are obviously of Manx origin, and even interbreeding with tame cats they contribute taillessness.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck