Hybridization occurs frequently in nature is the process of gene combination in a lab usually produces offspring that cannot reproduce creates genetically identical offspring

Recombinant dna is the merging of dna from unrelated organisms to create new genetic varieties is assembled in the lab from mononucleotides was part of the green revolution of the 1960s is pollination of one plant by another of the same species is cross-pollination of one plant by a different species