Hybridisation
# Hybridisation

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
