HYBRIDIZATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hybridization mean? 

• HYBRIDIZATION (noun)
  The noun HYBRIDIZATION has 1 sense:

1. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

  Familiarity information: HYBRIDIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYBRIDIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridisation; hybridization; hybridizing; interbreeding

Hypernyms ("hybridization" is a kind of...):

conjugation; coupling; mating; pairing; sexual union; union (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hybridization"):

dihybrid cross (hybridization using two traits with two alleles each)

monohybrid cross (hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas))

reciprocal; reciprocal cross (hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype)

test-cross; testcross (a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring)

Derivation:

hybridize (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties)

 Context examples 

Fluorescent in situ hybridization performed on uncondensed DNA strands.

(Fiber FISH, NCI Thesaurus)

Conventional techniques used for testing for the hybridization product include dot blot assays, Southern blot assays, and DNA:RNA hybrid-specific antibody tests.

(DNA Probes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Regional patterns of gene expression were analyzed in thin cryosections using in situ hybridization.

(An Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, NIH)

A physical mapping approach that uses fluorescent tags to detect hybridization of probes within metaphase chromosomes or less condensed somatic interphase chromatin.

(Fluorescence in situ hybridization, NCI Thesaurus)

Hybridization of this antisense ODN to CMV mRNA prevents RNA transcription from the immediate-early region 2 gene, thereby inhibiting viral replication.

(Fomivirsen Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A bioAssay created by the bioAssayCreation event (e.g. in gene expression analysis this event is represented by the hybridization event).

(Physical Bioassay Object, NCI Thesaurus)

Includes SSCP, DNA sequencing, hybridization, and reporter gene expression.

(Mutation Detection, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar in result to subtractive hybridization.

(Differential Display, NCI Thesaurus)

The chip is used in various types of hybridization experiments.

(DNA Microarray Chip, NCI Thesaurus)

A fluorescence in situ hybridization kit that detects the rearrangements between the ALK gene which is located at 2p23 and all known translocation partner loci in lymphomas and carcinomas.

(ALK Break Apart FISH Probe Kit, NCI Thesaurus)