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hybrid zone

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hybrid zone [¦hī·brəd ¦zōn]
(ecology)
A geographic zone in which two populations hybridize after the breakdown of the geographic barrier that separated them.


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In the hybrid zone, two species of silk moths interbreed to produce fertile offspring--unlike lab-bred hybrids between the same two species.
Not to mention, of course, the ever-growing numbers of artist-authors who have seized upon the BD as a hybrid zone of experimentation free from the material and mental constraints of the mainstream culture industry.
 
 
 
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