hybridization
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6.1
- noun
- /ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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hibridación
- Farmers use hybridization to create new varieties of crops that can resist pests better.
- in-situ hybridization
- fluorescence in-situ hybridization
- interspecific hybridization
So in the case of sexually reproducing organisms like this, we think of hybridization as horizontal gene transfer.
- So in the case of sexually reproducing organisms like this, we think of hybridization as horizontal gene transfer.
Examples
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There is potential for both interbreeding and hybridization between wild and farm salmon.
Academic text (1999) -
You know how many generations of hybridization I did to get top varietals?
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And then finally up here, no hybridization at all is possible and you have complete genetic isolation.
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It's turning out that hybridization that you're referring to is increasingly common when we look at different bird species.
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I think they're attempting hybridization.
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In connection with the problem of plant hybridization, Bateson was also raising peas.
Academic text (2005) -
There are also concerns about the permanence of infertility caused by hybridization.
Academic text (2009) -
The prime threat that mallards pose is hybridization with koloa.
Academic text (2012) -
Some plant species are also threatened with extinction by hybridization (EBH; Levin et al. 1996).
Academic text (2010) -
There's also been issues of hybridization in humans like the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.
Synonyms
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5.9
An offspring of two different breeds or varieties
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7.2
Breeding two different plants or animals to make a hybrid
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6.2
Animals or plants from different groups produce mixed young
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4.4
Mixing different kinds of animals or plants to make young with chosen traits
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Crossing different plants or animals to make new kinds
A process of making something new by joining two different species or languages
A process in which different breeds or groups mate to make hybrid young
Mixing different breeds to make animals or plants with mixed traits
How Mixed
- Specialized
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9.3
- Specialized
- Specialized
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6.1
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4.4
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hybridization comes from hybrid and the ending -ization, and hybrid once named an animal or plant of 'mixed origin', like a mule that is a cross of a horse and a donkey. So hybridization is the process of breeding different species or varieties to make a new mixed offspring.