heterosis
heterosis noun: the tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour.
Noun
heterosis (countable and uncountable, plural heteroses)
- The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour.
- Hybridisation can also result in heterosis - the scientific term for the production of ʽsuper fit’ hybrid individuals - many examples of which come from agriculture. Heterosis can be thought of as the opposite of inbreeding depression, the phenomenon whereby the offspring of individuals that are...2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 159
heterosis meaning in Tamil
heterosis in Tamil
- கலப்பின வீரியம், இதரத்துவம், பல்லினப்பிறப்புரன்
Forms of heterosis
| plural | heteroses |
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Origin of heterosis
From hetero- + -osis.
Questions about heterosis
- What does heterosis mean?
- Heterosis means the tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour.
- What is heterosis in Tamil?
- Heterosis in Tamil is கலப்பின வீரியம், இதரத்துவம், பல்லினப்பிறப்புரன். See Heterosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is heterosis?
- Heterosis is a noun.
- What is the plural of heterosis?
- The plural of heterosis is heteroses.
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