hybridizations
Combining different varieties
Hybridizations is the plural of hybridization—the process of combining different elements to create something new.
In biology, hybridization produces offspring from genetically distinct parents: Plant hybridizations have created thousands of rose varieties.
In chemistry, it describes the mixing of atomic orbitals.
The term extends to any deliberate blending: hybridizations of musical genres, hybridizations of teaching methods.
Allele transfer between populations
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
phenotype · genomic · heritability · speciation · transgenic · chromosome · DNA · heredity
Mating between distinct populations
- cross-pollinationFertilization between different plants
- cross-fertilizationMixing genes from separate sources
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
outcrossing · backcross · mating · fertilization · recombination · heterosis · cultivars · varieties
Joining into unity
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
cosmopolitanism · acculturation · assimilation · mixing · intermingling · amalgamation · melting-pot · mosaic
Nativized pidgin tongue
- pidginImprovised contact language
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- blendingCombining into uniformity
portmanteau · borrowing · calque · lingua franca · bilingualism · Spanglish · Hinglish · interlanguage
Sudden important advance
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- cross-disciplinaryInvolving multiple fields
- interdisciplinaryCombining distinct fields
synthesis · transformation · novelty · pioneering · invention · creativity · ingenuity · cross-pollination
gene flow
Allele transfer between populations
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- recombinationGenetic material exchange process
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
genotype · phenotype · genomic · heritability · speciation · transgenic · chromosome · DNA · heredity · Mendelian
interbreeding
Mating between distinct populations
- cross-pollinationFertilization between different plants
- cross-fertilizationMixing genes from separate sources
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
pollination · outcrossing · backcross · mating · fertilization · recombination · heterosis · cultivars · varieties · strains
fusion
Joining into unity
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
multiculturalism · cosmopolitanism · acculturation · assimilation · mixing · intermingling · amalgamation · melting-pot · mosaic · pluralism
creole
Nativized pidgin tongue
- pidginImprovised contact language
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
blending · portmanteau · borrowing · calque · lingua franca · bilingualism · Spanglish · Hinglish · interlanguage
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- cross-disciplinaryInvolving multiple fields
interdisciplinary · synthesis · transformation · novelty · pioneering · invention · creativity · ingenuity · cross-pollination · mashup
hybridizationsinbreeding
Reproduction between close relatives
purifications · monocultures · cloning · asexual reproduction
hybridizationsseparations
Acts of dividing apart
isolations · segregations · divisions · partitions · differentiations
hybridizationspurifications
Removal of contaminants
conservations · preservations · traditionalisms · orthodoxies · standardizations
- sp2 hybridizationThree equivalent orbital mixing
- sp hybridizationMixing s and p orbitals
- sp3 hybridizationFour identical orbital lobes