Word: crossbreeding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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His first concern was for his eggs, of which he had brought ten dozen for British poultry researchers. "You take three inbred Leghorn whites and three Rhode Island reds, crossbreed them, and you have excellent eggs," he explained with a cackle. He added: "I am accused of being a mystic...
Cattlemen observed the habits of the buffalo. It faced the storm; it got up head first. Why not crossbreed buffalo and domestic cattle? The Dominion Experimental Farm at Wainwright, Alta. tried it.
But that idea did occur to a young research geneticist named Carl Lindegren at St. Louis' Washington University. He thought of developing yeast in a variety of flavors resembling staple food tastes. He and Mrs. Lindegren began to crossbreed yeast cells.
The jeep, a stubby, bouncy crossbreed between the half-ton command car and the motor tricycle, is as ugly as a bull pup. It has a wheelbase of only 80 in. (Ford V8: 114 in.) and a fourwheel drive that provides enormous traction for its 42-h.p. engine. It has...