Who introduced the term 'heterosis' ?
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2013-05-24 17:22:03
Hello aditya,
Heterosis, hybrid vigor, or outbreeding enhancement, is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring.
Heterosis is often discussed as the opposite of inbreeding depression although differences in these two concepts can be seen in evolutionary cons
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2013-05-24 17:05:23
Heterosis was discovered in the 18th century by Veldeiter during experiments on tobacco hybridization and later confirmed by many selectionists working on hybridization of plants and animals. It was noticed that the main value of inbreeding - retention of desired characters - is connected to an equa

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2013-05-24 17:03:23
Hi aditya,
Heterosis, hybrid vigor, or outbreeding enhancement, is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring. The adjective derived from heterosis is heterotic.
An offspring exhibits heterosis if its traits are enhanced (which is often defined in terms of e
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