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hybrid
hybrid The offspring of a mating in which the parents differ in at least one characteristic. The term is usually used of offspring of widely different parents, e.g. different varieties or species. Hybrids between different animal species are usually sterile, as is the mule (a cross between a horse and a donkey). See also
hybrid vigour.
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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HYBRID CARS ARE CATCHING ON THEY'RE GETTING MORE POPULAR HERE AND AROUND THE U.S., AND GAS PRICES ARE A FACTOR.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 4/26/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...about a dozen new hybrids during the next three years. Hybrid vehicles are powered...The Honda Civic hybrid was second with 31...Accord and Insight hybrids, which each got 1...sold 2,566 Escape hybrid sport utility vehicles...
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 "Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX)")
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Hybrids proving to be fast, fun option to energy, environment crisis.
Newspaper article from: Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX); 2/16/2007; 700+ words
; ...s a fun car." Hybrids aren't just for...Seven years after hybrid cars hit the Waco...polluting cars with hybrids. Nationwide, car...2006 sold 246,642 hybrid cars, up 18 percent...reason people buy hybrids. It's also about...Toyota sells about 10 hybrid Prius, Highlander...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Hybrids for PC drivers; With new Seagate drives that combine flash and disk storage, computer makers can make computers boot up, shut down and run faster.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...or which laptop makers will have hybrid drives. "You'll see hybrid drives first offered to the upper...Clark said. "But then you'll see hybrids quickly go into lower-priced laptops." The hybrid drives, which Seagate designed in...
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Hybrid vehicles--are university students in North Alabama ready to buy them?
Magazine article from: Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...described above; mild hybrids have all the hybrid features except electric-only drive; muscle hybrids use hybrid technology to increase...increase fuel economy; hollow hybrids have the most limited hybrid characteristics (Rockhold...
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Hybrids, Hybrids Everywhere: 2004 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE YEAR GAS-ELECTRIC HYBRIDS REALLY REVVED UP.(What's New/New Cars & Concepts)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 3/1/2004; ; 639 words
; ...JOE BROWN Last year hybrids hit commercial consciousness...electric motor in a hybrid can improve just...immediate benefit from hybrids, beginning with the Ford Escape Hybrid. By hooking up an...crossover diesel hybrid. SPORTS CARS Mitsubishi...approach. Whereas most hybrids rely on ...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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HYBRIDS FLY OFF DEALERS' LOTS; SALES FIGURES MIRROR GAS PRICES. "ANYTIME IT GOES TO $3 A GALLON, PEOPLE GO CRAZY.".(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 5/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...deciding whether to buy a hybrid. The higher sticker price of hybrids often means that people...are available on most hybrid models, but the credit...Times. GRAPHIC: More hybrids on the road The Post-Standard New hybrid vehicles registered...
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Hybrid Networks Demonstrates Two-Way Wireless Internet Access at WCA Show in Anaheim; Hybrid Networks' President Delivers Keynote Address
PR Newswire; 6/20/1997; 700+ words
; ...Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Hybrid Networks, ITS, Comwave, California...Show in Anaheim California on June 23rd. Hybrid Networks leads this effort to bring the...interoperability of the vendors' systems. "Hybrid Networks wants to make the point at WCS...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Hybrid revolution? Everything you thought you knew about hybrids may soon be wrong.
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 3/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...significant competitive advantage. Hybrids on tap Honda's new Accord Hybrid provides a glimpse of what...The automaker's first two hybrids, the teardrop-shaped Insight and compact Civic Hybrid, downsized their gasoline engines...
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HYBRID VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; A partial solution now?
Newspaper article from: Boise Weekly; 2/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...In this context, hybrid vehicles are being...Proponents of hybrids and other alternative...drive away with a hybrid. Thus hybrids can be a step forward...the road will be hybrids. That number isn...continued interest in hybrid vehicles. Not long...
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Hybrid cars, diesel trucks increasingly popular, dealers say.(Focus: Energy, Gas & Utilities)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 7/23/2007; ; 700+ words
; Hybrid cars are no longer...the gas-saving hybrids are showing up on...interest in the hybrids. We have the Civic Hybrid. Honda also makes...Highlander with the same hybrid engine." Bozant...increasing demand for hybrids. "They are going...
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Hybrids and Hybridization
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...developmental aberrations (hybrid inviability). If the hybrids do survive, their...completely sterile (hybrid sterility). Finally...first generation hybrids are viable and...later-generation hybrids may exhibit decreased...or fertility (hybrid breakdown). History...
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Hybrid Transportation
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...stores it in its batteries. Hybrid automobiles were first...As of October 2006, hybrids made up 1.54% of the...it intended to offer a hybrid option for its entire line...S. car sales will be hybrids. Larry Gilman
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Classical Hybrid Genetics
Book article from: Genetics
...hereditary patterns of hybrids. Hybrids are off-spring from two organisms...varieties, or species. Hybrids create new cultivars , from new apple varieties to tangelos to hybrid corn. Some mammals produce hybrids; a mule is the progeny of...
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Radiation Hybrid Mapping
Book article from: Biology
...kill the somatic cell hybrid or donor cells, which...are donor-recipient hybrids that have acquired a...these donor-recipient hybrids, clones can be isolated...complicated by the fact that hybrids may contain more than...markers retained in one hybrid may result from retention...
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Hybrid
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Hybrid A hybrid is an offspring between two different...characteristics. An example of the first kind of hybrid is a mule, a cross between a female horse...flowered garden peas ( Pisum sativum ). Hybrids between species are often sterile because...
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