Hybridization (or hybridisation) may refer to:

  • Hybridization (biology), the process of combining different varieties of organisms to create a hybrid
  • Orbital hybridization, in chemistry, the mixing of atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals
  • 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
  • Memetic algorithm, 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
  • Hybridization in political election campaign communication, the combining of campaign techniques developed in different countries
  • In paleoanthropology, the hypothesis of Neanderthal and human hybridization

See also

  • Hybrid (disambiguation)
  • Hybridity