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hybrid vigor

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hybrid vigor.
See heterosis.

hybrid
an offspring of parents of different strains, varieties or species.

hybrid mother-of-millions
bryophyllumdaigremontium × B. tubiflorum.
hybrid vigor
increased productivity and performance in the first generation of crossbred animals produced by the mating of dissimilar breeds. The gain is lost if the hybrids are interbred. Called also heterosis.


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These causes vary from factors that link to hybrid vigor to ones that likely result from mechanical damage caused to the seed somewhere along the way.
Data from seven commercial California dairy herds that have been crossbreeding a portion of their animals show hybrid vigor is alive and well.
MPSS has jump started our efforts to understand, at the genomic level, the genetic and physiological bases of hybrid vigor in oysters, a non model species," said Professor Dennis Hedgecock.
 
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