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heterosis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hybrid vigor |
| Type of | inclination, tendency |
Examples of heterosis
heterosis
The advantage of diploid, e.g. heterosis, only takes place in diploid life stage.
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In 1908, George Harrison Shull described heterosis, also known as hybrid vigor.
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Maize was the first species where heterosis was widely used to produce hybrids.
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However, the genetic mechanisms underlying heterosis are not well understood.
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The flowering gene SINGLE FLOWER TRUSS drives heterosis for yield in tomato.
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This can be taken as evidence for heterosis among human population groups.
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This image shows heterosis and sterility of hybrid between indica and japonica subspecies.
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Heterosis is the scientific term for being better than your parents.
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Heterosis describes the tendency of the progeny of a specific cross to outperform both parents.
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- (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent
- Heterosis is a term used in genetics and selective breeding. Heterosis, or hybrid vigor or outbreeding enhancement, is the increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring. It is the occurrence of a genetically superior offspring from mixing the genes of its parents.
- (Heterotic) In physics, a heterotic string is a peculiar mixture (or hybrid) of the bosonic string and the superstring (the adjective heterotic comes from the Greek word heterosis, hybrid vigour). ...
- A situation where crossing two inbred lines yields progeny that are more healthy/vigorous than their parents. (More commonly used in plant breeding.)
- A case when hybrid progeny have higher fitness than either of the parental organisms. Also called hybrid vigor.
- HEHT-uh-ROH-suhs/ In a hybrid, traits falling outside the range of parental variation. For example, a hybrid might be larger (or smaller) than either of its parents. MORE INFORMATION
- The increase in fitness seen in a cross between different populations.
- The greater vigour in terms of growth, survival and reproductive performance of outcrosses, particularly crosses between highly inbred lines. Associated with increased heterozygosity.
- Amount by which measured traits of the crossbreds exceed the average of the two or more purebreds that are mated to produce the crossbreds.
