cross-breeding
Combining different strains
Cross-breeding is mating animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, or species to produce offspring with combined traits.
Farmers cross-breed cattle to improve milk production or disease resistance.
The practice can introduce desired characteristics but may also produce unpredictable results.
The cross-breeding of wolves and dogs created several modern breeds.
Also spelled crossbreeding.
Thing of mixed parentage
- interbreedingMating between distinct populations
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- outcrossingBreeding unrelated same-species individuals
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
progeny · offspring · mongrel · mule · liger · backcross · heterosis · linebreeding
Variant forms of genes
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
dominant · recessive · heterozygous · homozygous · chromosomes · DNA · heritability · zygosity
Formation of distinct species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- variationChange from a norm
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
Darwinism · phylogeny · ancestry · lineage · descent · divergence · biodiversity · species
Human-developed plant varieties
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- propagationAct of spreading widely
seedlings · horticulture · domestication · selection · varieties · crops · stud · broodmare
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- interbreedingMating between distinct populations
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- outcrossingBreeding unrelated same-species individuals
fertilization · progeny · offspring · mongrel · mule · liger · backcross · heterosis · linebreeding · pedigree
alleles
Variant forms of genes
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
inheritance · dominant · recessive · heterozygous · homozygous · chromosomes · DNA · heritability · zygosity · Mendelian
speciation
Formation of distinct species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- variationChange from a norm
survival · Darwinism · phylogeny · ancestry · lineage · descent · divergence · biodiversity · species
cultivars
Human-developed plant varieties
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
propagation · seedlings · horticulture · domestication · selection · varieties · crops · stud · broodmare · cattle
- plant sciencebotany, plant anatomy, plant biology, plant science, horticulture
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- fruit farmingapples, apricots, bananas, berries, blackberries
- pollinationpollinator, bees, bee pollination, hummingbirds, bee
- general floral practicesfloriculture, pruning, fertilizing, propagation, flower beds
- propagationcloning, seed starting, grafting, cuttings, seedlings
cross-breedinginbreeding
Reproduction between close relatives
cloning · self-fertilization · asexual reproduction · parthenogenesis · monoculture
cross, crossing, crossed, crosses, crosser, crossway, crossways, crosswise, crossroad