interbreed

How To Use interbreed In A Sentence

• Although the territories of populations overlap, they do not interbreed.
• And indeed there is, since many cannot interbreed, which is one of the defining aspects of a species. Lauri Lebo blog and the End of the World - The Panda's Thumb
• Some naturalists would separate them from the other cats, but the connection is supplied by the last species which, though possessing certain features of the lynx, yet interbreeds with the true cats. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
• Gray moths still could interbreed with black moths, proving that they belonged to the same species.
• Alan Templeton, a geneticist at Washington University in St. Louis who headed the study reported in Nature, has concluded that yes, there was interbreeding between the different groups.
• A+B are quite similar in reproductive capacity, and the interpopulation breeding is even higher than A’s intrapopulation breeding success though no error is given, so is indicative of a potentially interbreeding unit. How many species? - The Panda's Thumb
• Interbreeding between our ancestors and other ancient human species was common until about 40,000 years ago, according to scientists. Times, Sunday Times
• It is part of a complex of closely related gull species that interbreed readily.
• The larger savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) and the smaller forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) are capable of interbreeding.
• He said that two organisms belonged to the same species if they are able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring.