outbreeding

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.

   Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool.

2. noun 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.

Similar words

outbreeder interbreeding inbreeding linebreeding outcrosser crossbred breeding incross exogamy xenogenesis

Often followed by

depression species and is in the populations population to

Word family

outbreedings