Hybridisation

Hybridisation or hybridization may refer to:

• The process of combining different varieties or species of organisms to create a hybrid (biology)
• Nucleic acid hybridisation, the process of joining two complementary strands of DNA
• Orbital hybridisation, the mixing of atomic orbitals to form new orbitals suitable for bonding
• The process of one variety (linguistics) blending with another variety
• The alteration of a vehicle into a hybrid electric vehicle
• In evolutionary algorithms, the merging two or more optimization techniques into a single algorithm
  • Memetic algorithm, a common template for hybridisation
• In Globalization theory, the ongoing blending of cultures
• Hybridization in Business Information Systems, the creation of a third medium

See also

• Hybrid (disambiguation)