crossbreeding
Combining different strains
Crossbreeding is mating animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, or species to produce offspring with combined traits.
Farmers crossbreed cattle to improve milk production or disease resistance.
The term extends to any deliberate mixing: a crossbreeding of musical styles.
The verb is crossbreed; the offspring is a crossbreed.
Breeding unrelated same-species individuals
- mixingCombining into one mass
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- interminglingMutual mixing of elements
pairing · fertilization · reproduction · lineage · generation · offspring · progeny · hybrid
Mixing distinct genetic lines
- allelesVariant forms of genes
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
inheritance · dominant · recessive · mutation · chromosomes · meiosis · zygote · genomics
Farm management practice
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- equineOf the horse family
- ovineOf or like sheep
bovine · porcine · caprine · poultry · herds · ranching · pasture · domestication
Fostering growth through care
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- hybridizingBreeding unlike organisms together
- cultivarBred plant variety
- rootstockBase for grafted plants
pollinator · orchard · vineyard · horticulture · broccolini · tangelo · pluot · varietal
Finest taxonomic rank
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- biodiversityRange of life forms
adaptation · subspecies · endemic · native · invasive · conservation
outcrossing
Breeding unrelated same-species individuals
- mixingCombining into one mass
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
intermingling · pairing · fertilization · reproduction · lineage · generation · offspring · progeny · hybrid · purebred
hybridization
Mixing distinct genetic lines
- allelesVariant forms of genes
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
phenotype · inheritance · dominant · recessive · mutation · chromosomes · meiosis · zygote · genomics · heritability
husbandry
Farm management practice
ovine · bovine · porcine · caprine · poultry · herds · ranching · pasture · domestication · selection
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- hybridizingBreeding unlike organisms together
- cultivarBred plant variety
rootstock · pollinator · orchard · vineyard · horticulture · broccolini · tangelo · pluot · varietal · propagation
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- speciationFormation of distinct species
biodiversity · adaptation · subspecies · endemic · native · invasive · conservation
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- hybridshybrid car, mule, hybrid cars, tigon, hybrid seed
- animal husbandrysire, dam, stud, mare, stallion
- livestock sciencelivestock feed, dairy cattle, beef cattle, cattle ranching, dairy farming
- Poultry Farmingducks, geese, duck eggs, goose eggs, duckling
crossbreedinginbreeding
Reproduction between close relatives
linebreeding · cloning · self-pollination · assortative mating · asexual reproduction
cross, breeding, breed, crossing, crossed, mating, crosses, crossroad, inbred