hybridizing
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Definition
- Noun:
- (Genetics) The act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants to produce hybrids: This term refers specifically to the biological process or technique of cross-breeding genetically distinct organisms to create offspring with mixed characteristics.
Usage
- As a Subject: "Hybridizing" is often used to describe the scientific or agricultural practice itself.
- Formal/Technical Context: This word is primarily used in scientific, genetic, agricultural, and botanical contexts.
Examples
- Noun:
- The hybridizing of different rose varieties resulted in a new, more resilient flower.
- Modern agriculture relies on the hybridizing of crops to improve yield and disease resistance.
Advanced Usage
- "The science of hybridizing": Refers to the field of study or the body of knowledge concerning hybridization techniques.
- His life's work was dedicated to the science of hybridizing cereal grains.
Variants and Related Words
- Hybridize (verb): To cause to produce hybrids; to cross-breed.
- Researchers aim to hybridize these two species.
- Hybridization (noun): The process or result of hybridizing; a more common synonym.
- The hybridization of corn has revolutionized farming.
- Hybrid (noun/adjective): The offspring resulting from hybridizing, or describing something of mixed origin.
- The mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey.
Synonyms
- Crossbreeding: The act of breeding animals or plants of different types.
- Crossing: The process of interbreeding.
- Interbreeding: Breeding within a mixed group or between different groups.
Related Terms (Contextual)
- Cross-pollination: (Botany) The transfer of pollen from one plant to another, often a related concept in plant hybridizing.
- Selective breeding: The intentional mating of organisms to produce offspring with desired traits, which may involve hybridizing.
Noun
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids