hybridogenous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hybrid +‎ -o- +‎ -genous.

Adjective[edit]

hybridogenous (comparative more hybridogenous, superlative most hybridogenous)

  1. (biology) Creating a hybrid.
    • 2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Specifically, genome size may help resolve conflicting hypotheses about the origin of polyploids (auto- vs. allopolyploidy) and identify putative parental combinations in hybridogenous species.
  2. (biology) Of hybrid origin
    • 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. Harris, “Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago - Dryas integrifolia Vahl”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]:
      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.