recombines

Merges once more

Recombines means to combine again or in a new way.

Elements that were separated come back together, or components rearrange into different configurations.

The term appears often in genetics, where DNA recombines during reproduction to create new genetic combinations: The virus recombines with other strains to produce new variants.

In chemistry, atoms or molecules recombine after being split apart.

genetics

meiosis

Gamete-producing cell division

homologous · segregation · loci · linkage · haploid · diploid · zygote · fertilization · inheritance · genotype

molecular

DNA

Hereditary code molecule

cloning · biotechnology · CRISPR · transgenic · nucleotide · polymerase · replication · genomics · transformation · ligation

creative

remix

Altered version of recording

reassembly · reinterpretation · collage · sampling · hybridization · bricolage · juxtaposition · amalgamation · blending · reconfiguration

evolution

speciation

Formation of distinct species

variation · polymorphism · reassortment · shuffling

Opposites
unity/separation

recombinesdivides

Separates into parts

separates · splits · disperses · fragments · disintegrates

process direction

recombinesdisassembles

Takes something apart

deconstructs · analyzes · breaks down · decomposes · dismantles

Phrases
Family

recombine, recombined, recombination, recombining, recombinant, recombinations

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