hybridize
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With hybridizing, the mostly pink-and-white lactiflora range has been expanded to include crosses yielding coral, bright-red and yellow flowers, adding genetics from other species and extending bloom time.
From Seattle Times
Their DNA primarily aligns with that of Burmese pythons, although there’s also a hint of Indian python, suggesting the two species hybridized at some point in the past.
From Los Angeles Times
They’ve also hybridized Jam in the Van programming to be a mixture of music and comedy.
From Los Angeles Times
Since their introduction, the red and black fire ants have hybridized into a new ant, unique to North America, that shows signs of speciation.
From Washington Post
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: Two closely related species hybridize and create a superorganism whose growth and expansion seems unstoppable.
From Science Magazine
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