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in·breed [ in-breed ]
Definitions related to inbreeding:
  • The crossing of closely related plants or animals.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The mating of plants or non-human animals which are closely related genetically.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Inbreeding, the mating of individuals or organisms that are closely related through common ancestry, as opposed to outbreeding, which is the mating of unrelated organisms. Inbreeding is useful in the retention of desirable characteristics or the elimination of undesirable ones, but it often results...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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