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Hybridization   /hˌaɪbrədəzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Hybridization

noun
1.
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.  Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridizing, interbreeding.






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"Hybridization" Quotes from Famous Books



... physiological species, or not, seeing that the amount of morphological difference is no safe guide? Is there any test of a physiological species? The usual answer of physiologists is in the affirmative. It is said that such a test is to be found in the phenomena of hybridization—in the results of crossing races, as compared with the ...
— The Origin of Species - From 'The Westminster Review', April 1860 • Thomas H. Huxley

... points of superiority in the Old World grape, since Valk, Allen and Rogers showed the way, American grape-breeders have sought to unite by hybridization the good characters of the Old World grape with those of the American. Nearly half of the 2000 grapes cultivated in eastern America have more or less European blood in them. Yet, despite the efforts ...
— Manual of American Grape-Growing • U. P. Hedrick



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