Hybridisation

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Hybridisation or Hybridization may refer to:

• In genetics, hybridization is the process of combining different varieties or species of organisms to create a hybrid (biology).
• In molecular biology, nucleic acid hybridization is the process of joining two complementary strands of DNA.
• In chemistry, orbital hybridisation is the mixing of atomic orbitals to form new orbitals suitable for bonding.
• In linguistics, hybridisation is a term to describe the process of one language variety blending with another variety.

Referring to vehicles, hybridisation refers to the alteration of a vehicle into a hybrid electric vehicle.

• In evolutionary algorithms, hybridisation refers to merging two or more optimization techniques into a single algorithm, usually injecting problem knowledge into the algorithm. A common template for hybridisation is provided by memetic algorithms.
• In Globalisation theory, hybridisation refers to an ongoing blending of cultures.

[edit] See also

• Hybrid

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