line breeding

noun

1. selective inbreeding that produces individuals possessing one or more of the favourable characteristics of their common ancestor

Example Sentences

In line breeding you breed the father to his daughter and the son to his mother.

From Project Gutenberg

Line-breeding is the breeding together of dogs of the same general strain, comparable to second or third cousins among people.

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By line breeding, we mean breeding the same stock without getting new males.

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