Usually means: Breeding between genetically diverse individuals.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. outcrossing: Merriam-Webster
  2. outcrossing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. outcrossing: Wordnik
  4. outcrossing: Wiktionary
  5. outcrossing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. outcrossing: Dictionary.com
  7. Outcrossing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. outcrossing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. outcrossing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. outcrossing: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. outcrossing: Medical dictionary

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (outcrossing)

▸ noun:  An organism produced by outcrossing

Similar:
backcrossing, crossing, intercross, intercrossing, doublecross, cross-breed, crossback, crossover, outbreeding, cross-breeding, more...

Opposite:
inbreeding, self-fertilization, selfing

Types:
selfing, crossing, hybridization, mating, more...

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Similar:
backcrossing, crossing, intercross, intercrossing, doublecross, cross-breed, crossback, crossover, outbreeding, cross-breeding, more...

Opposite:
inbreeding, self-fertilization, selfing

Types:
selfing, crossing, hybridization, mating, more...



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