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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.