Hybridization (or hybridisation) may refer to:
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Hybridization (biology), the process of combining different varieties of organisms to create a hybrid
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Orbital hybridization, in chemistry, the mixing of atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals
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Nucleic acid hybridization, the process of joining two complementary strands of nucleic acids - RNA, DNA or oligonucleotides
*In
evolutionary algorithms, the merging two or more optimization techniques into a single algorithm
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Memetic algorithm
A memetic algorithm (MA) in computer science and operations research, is an extension of the traditional genetic algorithm. It may provide a sufficiently good solution to an optimization problem. It uses a local search technique to reduce the like ...
, a common template for hybridization
*In linguistics, the process of one
variety blending with another variety
*The alteration of a vehicle into a
hybrid electric vehicle
*In
globalization theory, the ongoing blending of cultures
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Hybridization in political election campaign communication Hybridization comprises the fusion of country- and culture-specific election campaigning methods with contemporary styles and techniques. Originally deriving from biology, where the term hybridizations denotes the process of combining different var ...
, the combining of campaign techniques developed in different countries
*In paleoanthropology, the hypothesis of
Neanderthal and human hybridization
See also
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Hybrid (disambiguation)
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two di ...
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Hybridity Hybridity, in its most basic sense, refers to mixture. The term originates from biology and was subsequently employed in linguistics and in racial theory in the nineteenth century. Young, Robert. ''Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and R ...
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