intercross
Example Sentences
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It has been said in the case of this plant, as of so many others, that the flowers are fertilised in the bud, and that distinct plants or varieties can never naturally intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
He says, for example:— In the case of methodical selection, a breeder selects for some definite object, and if the individuals be allowed freely to intercross, his work will completely fail.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by George John Romanes
From the inward curvature of the lobes as they approach each other, the tips of the marginal spikes first intercross, and ultimately their bases.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
Phaseolus vulgaris is perfectly self-sterile; nevertheless, varieties growing in the same garden sometimes intercross largely.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
If two distinct breeds were mingled together in equal numbers, there is reason to suspect that they would to a certain extent prefer pairing with their own kind; but they would often intercross.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin
