outbreeding
noun
out·breed·ing
ˈau̇t-ˌbrē-diŋ 
: the interbreeding of individuals or stocks that are relatively unrelated : outcrossing
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How is optimal outbreeding achieved?
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2017
Generations of inbreeding, resulting in near pedigree collapse, can be abolished by one generation of outbreeding!
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
Assuming that an individual with many long ROH can survive and reproduce over time these massive swaths of homogeneity will be wiped away by mutation and recombination as well as outbreeding.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2010
The paper above posits the inverse effect, where outbreeding results in greater outcomes than are to be expected based on the mid-parent trait value.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011
Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2017
Generations of inbreeding, resulting in near pedigree collapse, can be abolished by one generation of outbreeding!
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
Assuming that an individual with many long ROH can survive and reproduce over time these massive swaths of homogeneity will be wiped away by mutation and recombination as well as outbreeding.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2010
The paper above posits the inverse effect, where outbreeding results in greater outcomes than are to be expected based on the mid-parent trait value.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011
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outbreeding
noun
out·breed·ing
-ˌbrēd-iŋ
: the interbreeding of individuals that are unrelated or only distantly related
Medical Definition
outbreeding
noun
out·breed·ing
ˈau̇t-ˌbrēd-iŋ
: the interbreeding of individuals or stocks that are relatively unrelated compare inbreeding, linebreeding
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