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Hybridisation

Definition

noun

(biology) The act or process of mating organisms of different varieties or species to create a hybrid.

(molecular biology) The process of forming a double-stranded nucleic acid from two complementary strands of DNA (or RNA).

(chemistry) The mixing of atomic orbitals to form new orbitals suitable for bonding.


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In biology, hybridization (or hybridisation) is usually used as a term in agriculture or in plant production where new hardy and disease-resistant crops are formed.


Variant: hybridization.
Related terms: hybrid (noun), hybridize or hybridise (verb).


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clearing up terminology

I have a paper to write on the molecular anaylsis advancements of histopathology such as in situ hybridisation and in situ PCR. however when i look these methods up, they fall under cytogenetics rather than histopathology. I wanted to know if cytogentics is part of histopathology ...

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by aftereleven
Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:15 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: clearing up terminology
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short dsDNA purification

Hi, Thank you so much. I'll have a look to the papers. Concerning the ssDNA hybridisation, we are already trying but it seems to not work properly. Have you any reference about it? Cheers, Davide

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by dldavide
Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:01 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: short dsDNA purification
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OMG PLEASE HELP.. QUESTIONS FOR FINAL...

Thanks... k next Why hypotheses did Gregor Mendel develop based on his observations of pea plants? beacause all the results of selfing and hybridisation experiments were relative to each other thats why.....

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by sachin
Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:03 pm
 
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by London
Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:18 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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thermal stability temperature

the thermal stability temperature in reference to DNA hybridisation, does it refer to half of one hybrid DNA to seperate or does it refer to half the total hybrid DNA to seperate or does it refer to the total hybrid DNA to speperate half way?

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by student12
Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:06 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: thermal stability temperature
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