introgression

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EPA regulators agreed that what the Yale scientists had found — the transfer of DNA from the corporate-created mosquitoes to the wild population, which is called introgression — was a concern.

From Los Angeles Times

Rose said Oxitec expected the introgression.

From Los Angeles Times

They found DNA segments in the West Africans that could best be explained by ancestral interbreeding with an unknown member of the human family tree that led to what is called genetic “introgression.”

From Reuters

“I was highly surprised that we found such a limited volume of genetic introgression,” says Rheindt.

From Scientific American

Adaptive introgression between Anopheles sibling species eliminates a major genomic island but not reproductive isolation.

From Nature