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Hybridization

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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 joining 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: hybridisation.
Related terms: hybrid (noun), hybridize or hybridise (verb).


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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... the first 46 chromosome human beings where from such man and woman (Chromosomal Adam and Eve) could only be born 46 chromosome descendants, us. Hybridization Speciation Common in plants and used in agriculture a hybrid species is created when two or more still reproductively viable species combine ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat May 30, 2009 5:24 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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Views: 1501

New Home/Classroom Fruit Fly Speciation Experiment

... it missing something. I suspect it might be missing a (genome produced) speciation type in addition to the current four (behavioral, chromosomal, hybridization, polyploid). From: http://theoryofid.blogspot.com/ Speciation Speciation is a process where a population so much changes in design from ...

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by GaryGaulin
Fri May 15, 2009 1:55 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: New Home/Classroom Fruit Fly Speciation Experiment
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Views: 115

Tests for introgression

Thrump, have a look at http://evol.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir/Answers/Incomplete.lineage.sorting.and.hybridization.answers

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by wbla3335
Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:42 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Tests for introgression
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Views: 209

Quick Question !

... used to talk about converting blunt-end restriction sites into stick-end'ed restriction sites.. but that has nothing to do with the next part, hybridization. Hybridize, remove hybridized DNA and you'll get the differentiallly expressing genes. Well, i can understand if you take your cDNA from ...

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by Jonesy
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:53 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Quick Question !
Replies: 7
Views: 526

Quick Question !

... techniques, and my notes on all four techniques are really vague :/ I mean, i can understand how you can identify a specific gene or RFLP using hybridization, or RT-PCR with specific probes - but how do you find a brand new gene involved with filiment formation that has no homologue? I think ...

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by RachBio
Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:13 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Quick Question !
Replies: 7
Views: 526
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