0 the mixing of the ideas, customs, etc. of different places or groups of people, to produce a better result --
We argue that ideas employed in each field could also be applied in the other without too much trouble, and cross-fertilization would give rise to significant progress in both fields.
His treatment of this topic is more effective in noting the potential for cross-fertilization in the use of research methodologies than in clearly establishing causality or intentionality in other species.
It is a shame that these later chapters are not more extensive and developed, as they promise a real cross-fertilization of circus history, cultural theory, and theories of representation.
Many hermaphroditic parasites reproduce by both cross-fertilization and self-fertilization.
First, historically there has been a schism between the study of behavior and the study of the brain, with relatively little cross-fertilization between disciplines.
If the seeds are brought to the surface and eventually establish adult plants, cross-fertilization may result in combinations of genes which would not otherwise arise.
This cultural cross-fertilization complicates the social and economic distinctions which the modern historian might wish to draw.
The comparative picture of regulations would be incomplete without the detailed analysis of the areas and degree of such cross-fertilization.
