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v. - Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.

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  • All varieties intercross freely, and also hybridise with wild Raphanus spp.
  • The tie in question was an attempt to hybridise the respective colour-schemes of a tartan plaid and a Neapolitan ice.
  • -- Among phocid pinnipeds, Phoca and Cystophora have been reported to hybridise, but again are from different 'subfamilies'.
  • -- The Australian scincids Egernia and Tiliqua, which have been separated for over 20 million years (as demonstrated by fossils) can still hybridise.
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