Noun
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(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
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hybridization,
hybridisation,
crossbreeding,
crossing,
cross,
hybridizing |
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mating,
sexual union,
pairing,
coupling,
conjugation,
union the act of grouping things or people in pairs
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genetic science,
genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
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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 with garden peas)
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reciprocal cross,
reciprocal hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
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| interbreeding -
reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
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miscegenation,
crossbreeding |
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facts of life,
procreation,
breeding,
reproduction the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
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