What is "hybridisation"

n. (alternative form of hybridization English)

n. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn: hybridization, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing]

Hybridisation (or hybridization) may refer to:

• Hybridisation (biology) the process of combining different varieties of organisms to create a hybrid
• Nucleic acid hybridization, the process of joining two complementary strands of nucleic acids - RNA, DNA or oligonucleotides
• In chemistry, the mixing of atomic orbitals of different energy to obtain homogeneous orbitals of the same energy ( Orbital hybridisation)
• In evolutionary algorithms, the merging two or more optimization techniques into a single algorithm
  • Memetic algorithm, a common template for hybridisation
• In linguistics, the process of one variety blending with another variety
• The alteration of a vehicle into a hybrid electric vehicle
• In Globalization theory, the ongoing blending of cultures
• Hybridization in political election campaign communication, the combining of campaign techniques developed in different countries
• In paleoanthropology, the controversial hypothesis of Neanderthal and human hybridization