单词 | outbreeder |
释义 | outbreedern. Biology. An organism, esp. a plant, that does not reproduce by self-fertilization; a species in which breeding pairs are not closely related. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism > group or individual capable of cœnospecies1922 syngameon1922 outbreeder1952 1952 Evolution 6 66/1 A similar action is performed with outbreeders. 1963 E. Mayr Animal Species & Evol. xiv. 421 The entire breeding system of outbreeders is so organized as to accumulate and preserve genetic variation. 1975 S. K. Jain in O. H. Frankel & J. G. Hawkes Crop Genetic Resources ii. 22 We speak of..outbreeders, inbreeders, and apomicts. 1990 Jrnl. Molluscan Stud. 56 380/1 Species of Biomphalaria are principally outbreeders. 1993 Harrowsmith Aug. 11/4 She explains how to find and evaluate germ plasm, distinguish inbreeders from outbreeders, make crosses, spot mutations and domesticate wild plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952 |
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