outbreeding
Noun
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Noun
outbreeding
- The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.
- Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool.
- The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription).
- Outbreeding hinders earnest studies of archaeogenetics, making it thorny to know precisely about ancient populations, migrations and linguistic groups.
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