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hybridogenous

hybridogenous adjective: creating a hybrid.

Adjective

hybridogenous (comparative more hybridogenous, superlative most hybridogenous)

  1. Creating a hybrid.
    • Specifically, genome size may help resolve conflicting hypotheses about the origin of polyploids (auto- vs. allopolyploidy) and identify putative parental combinations in hybridogenous species.2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. Of hybrid origin
    • The discussions concerned the interpretation of the morphological variation and its taxonomic significance, especially the use of single characters and of the assumptions of hybridogenous origins of taxa with intermediate features.2016 April 17, S.G. Aiken, M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L. McJannet, R.L. Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, L.J. Gillespie, A.K. Brysting, H. Solstad, J.G....

Forms of hybridogenous

comparativemore hybridogenous
superlativemost hybridogenous

Origin of hybridogenous

From hybrid + -o- + -genous.

Questions about hybridogenous

What does hybridogenous mean?
Hybridogenous means creating a hybrid.
What part of speech is hybridogenous?
Hybridogenous is an adjective.

Words near hybridogenous in the dictionary

  1. hybridness
  2. hybridogenesis
  3. hybridogenetic
  4. hybridogenetically
  5. hybridogenic
  6. hybridogenous
  7. hybridoma
  8. hybridomas
  9. hybridomata
  10. hybridous
  11. hybrids

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