hybridisation

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A form of hybridization — The linear combination of atomic orbitals in a molecule to form hybrid orbitals.

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Meanings

nounhybridisation (countable and uncountable, plural hybridisations)

plural hybridisations

  1. UKcountablenonstandarduncountableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridization.

    In situ hybridisations were performed on devitellinised embryos still wrapped around the yolk and on embryos with the yolk dissected away.

    2015 December 4, “Divergent RNA Localisation Patterns of Maternal Genes Regulating Embryonic Patterning in the Butterfly Pararge aegeria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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    Polyploidy and hybridisation are important evolutionary forces shaping plant genomes and underlying the huge angiosperm diversity. Both can confer evolutionary advantages [44–46] attributed to the plasticity of plant genomes and to increased genetic variability, generating individuals capable of exploiting new niches [47].

    2015 July 8, Nayyereh Olanj et al., “The striking and unexpected cytogenetic diversity of genus Tanacetum L. (Asteraceae): a cytometric and fluorescent in situ hybridisation study of Iranian taxa”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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