as in intercross
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Recent Examples of outcross
What if chimeras escape and outcross in the wild?
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Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021
If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcross
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Resembling a hybrid between Instagram and Pinterest, Lemon8 first launched in Japan in 2020 and has slowly rolled out in other countries.Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The stands are a hybrid of CLT and concrete to dampen the tremors from tens of thousands of fans stomping in sync.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
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Dani was a 30-year-old Clydesdale/Hackney crossbreed who'd been at Maymont since 2004.Karri Peifer, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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Golden doodles, a crossbreed between golden retrievers and poodles, are known for their affectionate and sociable nature.Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
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Herzog has chosen to retain one of Ibsen’s thorniest speeches, a diatribe about social evolution in which Stockmann talks of the difference between mongrel dogs and pedigree breeds as an analogy for the uneducated masses and the elite intelligentsia.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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His 16-minute cameo against Tottenham Hotspur in November provided flickers of the Belgian at his glorious best, threading the ball for Erling Haaland moments after coming on, before swinging in a first-time cross that was scuffed over the bar by a back-tracking defence.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Now there’s Crush, which reads almost like a cross between the two.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Outcross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcross. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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