intercross

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If two distinct breeds were to be confined 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 likewise intercross.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

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 The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

Mr. Walsh ranks the forms which it may be supposed would freely intercross, as varieties; and those which appear to have lost this power, as species.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles

Whatever the cause may be, we may conclude, that in England the varieties never or very rarely intercross.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

Cultivated plants like those in a state of nature frequently intercross, and will thus mingle their constitutional peculiarities.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles