interbreed
verb
in·ter·breed
ˌin-tər-ˈbrēd 
interbred
ˌin-tər-ˈbred
; interbreeding
; interbreeding
: to cause to breed together
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Denisovans interbred with Neandertals, and both mated with modern humans.
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Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2024
But many questions still linger around where these two groups got together and what their interbreeding might have looked like.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
This ongoing natural selection against hybrid individuals is what ultimately prevents two species from collapsing into one through interbreeding.
—Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Scientists have also identified some Denisovan DNA in living humans, including in Papuans and Han Chinese people, acquired from past interbreeding.
—Byann Gibbons, science.org, 11 July 2024
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Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2024
But many questions still linger around where these two groups got together and what their interbreeding might have looked like.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
This ongoing natural selection against hybrid individuals is what ultimately prevents two species from collapsing into one through interbreeding.
—Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Scientists have also identified some Denisovan DNA in living humans, including in Papuans and Han Chinese people, acquired from past interbreeding.
—Byann Gibbons, science.org, 11 July 2024
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interbreed
verb
in·ter·breed
ˌint-ər-ˈbrēd
interbred
-ˈbred
; interbreeding
; interbreeding
: to cause to breed together
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