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n. - Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons); (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.

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  • The concept of a species whose capital depends upon interbreeding is complex.
  • In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
  • Now I've finally mentioned the word -- interbreeding.
  • Some phylogenetic species fail to be interbreeding species.
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