intercross

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The fully-developed males and females are winged, and individuals from distinct nests can hardly fail often to intercross.

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

I know nothing about the self-fertility of Trollius Lecoq 'De la Fecondation' 1862 page 93, Mahonia, and Crinum, in which genera the species intercross largely.

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

This proves that the oak family is young, compared with many other families, whose members are too distantly related to intercross.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

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

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