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
Herders sometimes favor hybridization because genes from wild progenitors are thought to enhance the hardiness of domestic stock.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
The work contributes to a growing notion among evolutionary biologists that hybridization can sometimes increase, not decrease, the diversity of species within an ecosystem.
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
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