heterosis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour. countable,uncountable
    — 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 genetically too similar - for example, brother and sister - can suffer from debilitating maladies.

词形变化

heteroses plural

词源

From hetero- + -osis.
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