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Answer for the clue "The act of mixing different breeds of animals ", 13 letters:
crossbreeding

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vb. (present participle of crossbreed English)

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n. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn: hybridization , hybridisation , crossing , cross , interbreeding , hybridizing ] reproduction by parents of different races (especially ...

Usage examples of crossbreeding.

If centaurs accepted unrestricted crossbreeding, as the equines did, they would eventually be fragmented as a species, as the equines were.

Humans did tend to discourage crossbreeding, but were reasonably tolerant of what did occur.

Oh, of course," he said, mod­ifying his view, "the blood cells are different, humanoid race to humanoid race, and these are the one channel by which you can identify crossbreeding between planets.