hybridization
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Because of this precise match, successful reproduction occurs only between members of the same species, preventing hybridization.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
Harrison then made California a principal originator of the hybridization of Eastern and Western music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
Their analysis revealed that almost two-thirds of breed dogs retain wolf ancestry within their nuclear genome from hybridization events that occurred around 1,000 generations ago.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 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
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
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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