Introgression

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Infiltration of the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid with one of its parents.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The movement of a gene from one species to another
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of going in; entrance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of going in or of proceeding inward; entrance.
    • Word Usage
    "The result was an "introgression" of Neanderthal alleles into the human lineage."
    Form
    introgressional   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    entrance   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ergaster    neanderthalensis    mistis    appointment.they    cunctando    parrying    erectus    putdown    faber    additur   
     
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