English noun: hybridisation | |||
1. | hybridisation (act) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | ||
Synonyms | cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal, reciprocal cross, test-cross, testcross | ||
Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||