Crossbreed vs Inbreed - What's the difference?
crossbreed | inbreed |
To produce (an organism) by the mating]] of individuals of different breeds, [[variety, varieties, or species; hybridize.
*{{quote-news, year=1988, date=April 15, author=James Krohe Jr., title=Where Has All the Flora Gone?, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished. }}
To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
An organism produced by mating]] of individuals of different [[variety, varieties or breeds.
To breed or reproduce with those that are related.
To breed with those that share common traits or qualities.
To produce or generate within.
As verbs the difference between crossbreed and inbreed
is that crossbreed is to produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize while inbreed is to breed or reproduce with those that are related.As a noun crossbreed
is an organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.crossbreed
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