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Meaning of "outcrossing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OUTCROSSING

outcrossing  [ˈaʊtˌkrɒsɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OUTCROSSING

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Outcrossing is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OUTCROSSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Outcrossing

Outcrossing or outbreeding is the practice of introducing unrelated genetic material into a breeding line. It increases genetic diversity, thus reducing the probability of an individual being subject to disease or reducing genetic abnormalities. It is also known as a Patrilineal system. It is used in line-breeding to restore vigor or size and fertility to a breeding line. "Linebreeding" is where animals carry a common ancestor in their pedigrees and are bred together, should be considered distinct from the term "inbreeding" which is the production of offspring by parents more closely related than the average. Outcrossing is now the norm of most purposeful breeding, contrary to what is commonly believed. The outcrossing breeder intends to remove the traits by using "new blood". With dominant traits, one can still see the expression of the traits and can remove those traits whether one outcrosses, line breeds or inbreds. With recessives, outcrossing allows for the recessive traits to migrate across a population.

Definition of outcrossing in the English dictionary

The definition of outcrossing in the dictionary is the act of mating unrelated individuals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OUTCROSSING


bookcrossing
ˈbʊkˌkrɒsɪŋ
bossing
ˈbɒsɪŋ
boxing
ˈbɒksɪŋ
criss-crossing
ˈkrɪsˌkrɒsɪŋ
crossing
ˈkrɒsɪŋ
dancing
ˈdɑːnsɪŋ
dressing
ˈdrɛsɪŋ
facing
ˈfeɪsɪŋ
financing
ˈfaɪnænsɪŋ
increasing
ɪnˈkriːsɪŋ
licensing
ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ
missing
ˈmɪsɪŋ
non-prossing
ˌnɒnˈprɒsɪŋ
nursing
ˈnɜːsɪŋ
outsourcing
ˌaʊtˈsɔːsɪŋ
pricing
ˈpraɪsɪŋ
processing
ˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ
racing
ˈreɪsɪŋ
sing
sɪŋ
Singh
sɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OUTCROSSING

outclass
outclimb
outcoach
outcome
outcompete
outcook
outcount
outcrafty
outcrawl
outcried
outcries
outcrop
outcropped
outcropping
outcross
outcrow
outcrowd
outcry
outcurse
outcurve

WORDS THAT END LIKE OUTCROSSING

addressing
advertising
blessing
data processing
data-processing
depressing
distressing
embarrassing
focussing
food processing
hairdressing
harassing
hissing
image processing
in passing
information processing
Lessing
pressing
salad dressing
surpassing
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Synonyms and antonyms of outcrossing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «outcrossing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OUTCROSSING

Find out the translation of outcrossing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of outcrossing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «outcrossing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

异交
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exogamia
570 millions of speakers

English

outcrossing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

outcrossing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التهجين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ауткроссинг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cruzamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

outcrossing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pollinisation croisée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Outcrossing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auskreuzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異系交配
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이종 교배
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Outcrossing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lai xa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேற்றுக்குடும்ப புணர்ச்சியை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आउटक्रोसिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

döllenmedir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

outcrossing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

outcrossing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ауткроссінг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incrucisari
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διασταύρωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hibridisering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

korsnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

outcrossing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of outcrossing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTCROSSING»

The term «outcrossing» is normally little used and occupies the 114.549 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTCROSSING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about outcrossing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUTCROSSING»

Discover the use of outcrossing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to outcrossing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heterosis and Hybrid Rice Breeding
As mentioned earlier, cultivated rice cultivars show very limited natural outcrossing. However, a wide range (0-44%) of natural outcrossing has been observed on male sterile plants/lines (Stansel and Craigmiles 1966; Athwal and Virmani ...
Sant S. Virmani, 1994
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Crop Ferality and Volunteerism
produce greatest outcrossing rates. Outcrossing from a paternal hybrid O. sativa rice line to O. rufipogon was greatest when the hybrid rice pollen arrived 10 to 50 minutes earlier than the conspecific O. rufipogon pollen (77, Table 20.1).
Jonathan Gressel, 2005
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Gene Flow Between Crops and Their Wild Relatives
All in all, outcrossing rates in cotton are strongly influenced by the abundance of insect pollinators, which vary with location and time (Fryxell 1956; Elfawal et al. 1976; Moffett et al. 1976; Moresco et al. 1999). For example, outcrossing rates ...
Meike S. Andersson, M. Carmen de Vicente, 2010
4
California Grasslands: Ecology and Management
Variable Outcrossing: Causes and Consequences Many outcrossing species are capable of self-fertilization, and the degree to which a species exhibits outcrossing may be variable. The ratio of outcrossing to inbreeding within a population ...
Mark R. Stromberg, Jeffrey D. Corbin, Carla Marie D'Antonio, 2007
5
Weedy Rices: Origin, Biology, Ecology and Control
the review of studies on the outcrossing of rice and red rice in the United States of America. In Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and California, outcrossing between synchronously flowering rice cultivars separated by 0.3-1 m averaged 0.45 percent ...
‎2007
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Foundations of Biogeography: Classic Papers with Commentaries
Means for outcrossing become highly developed in waif floras. Species without potential for outcrossing are probably doomed to a short tenure. Baker (1955) hypothesized that self-compatibility is advantageous for the establishment of plant ...
Mark V. Lomolino, Dov F. Sax, James H. Brown, 2004
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Statistical Genomics: Linkage, Mapping, and QTL Analysis
AAlog[l-r(l-2«)]+n..log[l + r(l-2«)] (7.11) where nAA is the count of AA genotypes, naa is the count of aa genotypes and t is the outcrossing rate. The count of A a genotype, nAa, is not in the likelihood function because the expected frequency of ...
Ben Hui Liu, 1997
8
Genetic variation and the reproductive system of ...
The population outcrossing rates estimated in this study (80% ≥ tm ≥ 65%) are within the range of estimates for other dipterocarps as well as for many other tropical tree species (LOVELESS, 1992). Previous estimates of the outcrossing rate ...
Hong-Truong Luu, 2005
9
Ecology: Principles and Applications
Outcrossing results in individuals obtaining half their genes from one parent. half from the other. Individuals produced by self-fertilisation obviously get all their chromosomes from the single parent. An individual produced asexually (whether by ...
J. L. Chapman, M. J. Reiss, 1999
10
Isozymes in Plant Biology
At higher densities, however, individuals are smaller, with far fewer cymes, so that increased outcrossing is likely. In line with this model, outcrossing rates in a low density stand were found to be lower than in high density ones (Burdon et al.,  ...
Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTCROSSING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term outcrossing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Genetics: Feedforward loop for diversity
However, outcrossing between distantly related strains can sometimes lead to outbreeding depression, in which offspring have lower fitness ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Parent–progeny sequencing indicates higher mutation rates in …
A number of studies indicate that the mating system (outcrossing or selfing), affects the mutation rate and that mutations occur near pre-existing ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
The resilience of forest fragmentation genetics—no longer a …
E. incrassata appears to be resistant to the negative mating and fitness changes expected within fragmented landscapes, probably due to strong outcrossing ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
How flowers use scent and nectar to manipulate pollinators and …
The researchers showed that when flowers produce both scent and nectar and are visited by three different pollinators, their outcrossing ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
5
Targeted Recombinant Progeny: a design for ultra-high resolution …
With the advent of high density SNP microarrays, high resolution mapping of segregating QTN within populations of outcrossing species (all ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
6
Happy July 4th! Here are some flatworm penises!
To test the hypothesis that adaptations to hypodermic insemination of the mating partner under outcrossing also facilitate selfing, we ... «BlogHer, Jul 15»
7
No Mate? Tiny Worm Can Inject Itself With Its Own Sperm Via Its Head
... as a reproductive assurance strategy for survival within ecological conditions that prevent outcrossing or breeding with an unrelated species. «Yibada, Jul 15»
8
Are Pack Llamas the Next Big Trend for Hunting?
I needed an animal that could scale Billy goat outcrossing's and jump over 5 foot boulders and crawl under 3 foot overhanging deadfall. «OutdoorHub, Jun 15»
9
Genetically modified food – is GM really that bad for us?
Outcrossing - Concerns that the migration of genes from GM plants into conventional crops or related species in the wild ('outcrossing'), may ... «BT.com, Jun 15»
10
UGA researchers edit plant DNA using mechanism evolved in bacteria
The article on "Exploiting SNPs for biallelic CRISPR mutations in the outcrossing woody perennial Populus reveals 4-coumarate:CoA ligase ... «UGA Today, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Outcrossing [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/outcrossing>. May 2024 ».
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