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ˈoutbred, ppl. a.
[out- 11.]
Bred from parents not closely related.
1903Biometrika II. 171 Waltzing mice must be crossed with in-bred and out-bred pure-bred albinos and in-bred and out-bred cross-bred albinos. 1955New Biol. XVIII. 38 In an outbred population..things are very different. 1959C. D. Darlington Darwin's Place in Hist. x. 56 All the ‘plasticity’ (or variability) is due to the inbreeding of outbred plants and animals, or to the outbreeding of inbred plants and animals. 1977Times 14 Apr. 14/4 There were consistent differences [in I.Q.] between the outbred children and the children of first cousins. |