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hy·brid·ize

 (hī′brĭ-dīz′)
v. hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing, hy·brid·iz·es
v.intr.
1. To produce hybrids; crossbreed.
2. To form base pairs between complementary regions of two strands of DNA that were not originally paired.
v.tr.
To cause to produce a hybrid; crossbreed.
hy′brid·i·za′tion (-brĭ-dĭ-zā′shən) n.
hy′brid·iz′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hybridization - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybridshybridization - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridizing, interbreeding, crossing, cross
mating, pairing, sexual union, union, coupling, conjugation - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
dihybrid cross - hybridization using two traits with two alleles each
monohybrid cross - hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
reciprocal cross, reciprocal - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
testcross, test-cross - a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
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Translations

hybridization

[ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən] N → hibridación f
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hybridization

n (Ling) → Hybridisation f (spec); (Bot, Zool also) → Kreuzung f; (fig) → Mischung f, → Zwitter m
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hy·brid·i·za·tion

n. hibridación, cruzamiento de especies.
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