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Interspecific Hybridisation

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Define hybridisation.

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Hybridisation is method of producing new varieties of plants or animals by crossing two individuals of different genotypes. It can be intraspecific if cross is done between two individuals of same species or it may be interspecific if cross is done between two individuals of different species.

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