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hybridization (iou) and slime mould (medicine)


hybridization (iou)



hybridization noun. Also hybridisation. M19.
[from HYBRIDIZE + -IZATION.]
The production of hybrids by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization. M19.
gen. The action or result of hybridizing something; Biology the fusion of two somatic cells of different karyotypes to form a cell with nuclear material of both; Biochemistry the process of combining into polymers complementary subunits of different but related substances, e.g. DNA and RNA. E20.
Southern hybridization = SOUTHERN BLOT.

slime mould (medicine)


slime mould
<biology, microbiology> Two distinct groups of fungi, the cellular slime moulds or Acrasidae that include Dictyostelium and the acellular slime moulds or Myxomycetes that include Physarum.

These nonphototrophic eukaryotic microorganisms lack cell walls, which aggregate to form fruiting structures (cellular slime moulds) or simply masses of protoplasm (acellular slime moulds).