English > hybridizing: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids. |
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| Synonyms | hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding |
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| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
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| Narrower | dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
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| monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments / 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 |
| Broader | coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union | The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes |
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| Spanish | cruce, cruza, hibridación, mestizaje |
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| Catalan | encreuament, hibridació |
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| Verbs | hybridize | breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties |
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