intergeneric
1
8.9
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərˈdʒɛnərɪk/
- Specialized
- Individuals normally separated by great geographical distance can be forced to share gametes; species that co-occur in nature but never have flowers open at the same time can be cross-pollinated; and in orchids, even intergeneric crosses can yield fully fertile offspring, but none of these events would occur naturally.
- intergeneric cross
Examples
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The best example is interspecies or intergeneric embryo transfer, in which the embryos of an endangered species are gestated in the uterus of a different species.
Academic text (1997) -
The vaccinia-rabies vaccine was the first, and to date only, live intergeneric genetically engineered microorganism to be approved for commercial sale in the United States. On 20 April 1995, a conditional license was issued to the manufacturer for one year.
Academic text (1995) -
The impossibility for any inherently existing stable meanings appears even more forcefully through Thackeray's intergeneric condemnation of the interpretive community's inauthenticity.
Academic text (2016) -
The scientists conducted an intergeneric study that focused on the genetic similarities between dogs and wolves.
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Researchers are exploring intergeneric relationships to understand how different plant species can hybridize.
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An intergeneric classification system helps biologists accurately categorize animals that share characteristics across different genera.
Synonyms
An animal or plant that comes from crossing species from two different groups of closely related species
How Taxonomic
- Specialized
1
7.4
- Specialized
1
8.9
- Specialized
1
8.6
- Specialized
1
8.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intergeneric begins with inter- meaning 'between' and ends with generic, which comes from genus and means 'kind' or 'group'. So, intergeneric means 'between different groups', and in biology it describes things that happen between different genera, the groups used to classify species.