Intercrossing

Examples

• The result would often be greatly retarded by free intercrossing. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• On this principle nurserymen always prefer saving seed from a large body of plants, as the chance of intercrossing is thus lessened. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Intercrossing with the inhabitants of the surrounding districts, will also be thus prevented. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Any tendency to modification will also have been checked by intercrossing with the unmodified immigrants, often arriving from the mother-country. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In some cases the intercrossing of aboriginally distinct species appears to have played an important part in the origin of our breeds. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It would be necessary, in order to prevent the effects of intercrossing, that only a single variety should be turned loose in its new home. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Intercrossing will chiefly affect those animals which unite for each birth and wander much, and which do not breed at a very quick rate. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These varieties would cross and blend where they met; but to this subject of intercrossing we shall soon have to return. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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