Associations to the word «Heterosis»
Noun
- Vigor
- Hybrid
- Vigour
- Allele
- Maize
- Cultivar
- Breed
- Mating
- Trait
- Offspring
- Yield
- Genome
- Exploit
- Fitness
- Beef
- Crosse
- Genes
- Phenomenon
- Reproduction
- Exhibit
- Cow
- Crop
- Advantage
- Parent
- Corn
- Rice
- Strain
- Explanation
- Depression
- Plant
- Increase
- Produce
- Difference
- Selection
- Effect
- Discovery
- Animal
- Production
- Line
- Theory
- Rate
- Result
- Use
- Cause
- George
- System
- Process
Adverb
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Wiktionary
HETEROSIS, noun. (genetics) The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour
Dictionary definition
HETEROSIS, noun. (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.