hybridization

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The introduction of other Micropterus species outside their native ranges has increased the risk of hybridization.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Harrison then made California a principal originator of the hybridization of Eastern and Western music.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Baker notes that the lineage that led to blueberries, for instance, is the result of an ancient hybridization between dogwoods and the ancestors of coffee plants, daisies, and mints.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 23, 2024

In short, hybridization with H. melpomene went beyond simply creating a population of H. pardalinus with different wing colors—it helped birth an entirely new, separate lineage, the authors say.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 17, 2024

As a Ph.D. student, he’d used HeLa to help develop something called fluorescence in situ hybridization, otherwise known as FISH, a technique for painting chromosomes with multicolored fluorescent dyes that shine bright under ultraviolet light.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot