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
Noun
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This shared success and positive environment helps significantly with common feelings of being alone and isolated, especially in this new normal of remote/hybrid work environments and cultures.—
Mark Cunningham,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Anderson is credited with being the first to utilize the man-zone defensive hybrid.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Thilo Kehrer, who rises above Mings, meets the resulting cross emphatically.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the center of the back of the coin, a large cross was meant to symbolize imperial power, establishing Otto III’s Christianity and blending it with the power of the empire, according to historians.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Outcross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcross. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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