hybrid vigor

hybrid vigor

n.

Increased vigor or other superior qualities arising from the crossbreeding of genetically different plants or animals. Also called heterosis.

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hybrid vigor

The increased vigor or general health, resistance to disease, and other superior qualities that are often manifested in hybrid organisms, especially plants and animals. Compare inbreeding depression.

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Noun

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hybrid vigor - (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent heterosis tendency, inclination - a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms