In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
A In part should be partly. Use of the relative clause that their steers should
acquire . . . is ungrammatical.
B In part should be partly. Use of prepositional phrases is wordy and
awkward.
C Because of suggests that crossbreeding has occurred because the steers
have already acquired certain characteristics.
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