hy·brid·ize (hī'brĭ-dīz')
intr. & tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

1. To produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed.
2. To form base pairs between complementary regions of (two strands of DNA that were not originally paired).

hybridization hy'brid·i·za'tion (-brĭ-dĭ-zāshən) n.
hybridizer hy'brid·iz'er n.

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