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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HETEROSIS

From Late Greek: alteration, from Greek heteroioun to alter, from heteros other, different.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROSIS

heterosis  [ˌhɛtəˈrəʊsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterosis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HETEROSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heterosis

Heterosis

Heterosis, hybrid vigor, or outbreeding enhancement, is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring. The adjective derived from heterosis is heterotic. An offspring exhibits heterosis if its traits are enhanced as a result of mixing the genetic contributions of its parents. These effects can be due to Mendelian or non-Mendelian inheritance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROSIS


amaurosis
ˌæmɔːˈrəʊsɪs
aponeurosis
ˌæpənjʊəˈrəʊsɪs
arteriosclerosis
ɑːˌtɪərɪəʊsklɪəˈrəʊsɪs
atherosclerosis
ˌæθərəʊsklɪəˈrəʊsɪs
chlorosis
klɔːˈrəʊsɪs
cirrhosis
sɪˈrəʊsɪs
fluorosis
flʊəˈrəʊsɪs
leptospirosis
ˌlɛptəʊspaɪˈrəʊsɪs
neurosis
njʊˈrəʊsɪs
osteoporosis
ˌɒstɪəʊpɔːˈrəʊsɪs
otosclerosis
ˌəʊtəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs
porosis
pɔːˈrəʊsɪs
psychoneurosis
ˌsaɪkəʊnjʊˈrəʊsɪs
pyrosis
paɪˈrəʊsɪs
sclerosis
sklɪəˈrəʊsɪs
siderosis
ˌsaɪdəˈrəʊsɪs
sorosis
səˈrəʊsɪs
trophoneurosis
ˌtrɒfəʊˌnjʊəˈrəʊsɪs
virosis
vaɪˈrəʊsɪs
xerosis
zɪˈrəʊsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROSIS

heteroscedastic
heteroscedasticity
heteroscian
heterosexism
heterosexist
heterosexual
heterosexuality
heterosexually
heterosocial
heterosociality
heterosomatous
heterospecific
heterosporous
heterospory
heterostrophic
heterostrophy
heterostyled
heterostylism
heterostylous
heterostyly

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROSIS

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
anhidrosis
anidrosis
anxiety neurosis
arthrosis
cystic fibrosis
diagnosis
fibrosis
hidrosis
hydronephrosis
hyperhidrosis
multiple sclerosis
myelofibrosis
necrosis
nephrosis
osteoarthrosis
osteopetrosis
polyhedrosis
pseudarthrosis
pseudoarthrosis
synchondrosis

Synonyms and antonyms of heterosis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterosis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROSIS

Find out the translation of heterosis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heterosis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterosis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杂种优势
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterosis
570 millions of speakers

English

heterosis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भिन्नाश्रय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قوة الهجين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетерозиса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterose
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterosis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérosis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterosis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heterosis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雑種強勢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잡종 강세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ưu thế lai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதரத்துவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रक्तवाहिनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterosis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterozji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетерозису
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterozis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ετέρωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterosis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterosis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterosis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROSIS»

The term «heterosis» is regularly used and occupies the 72.144 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROSIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heterosis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heterosis» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterosis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROSIS»

Discover the use of heterosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heterosis and Hybrid Rice Breeding
Heterosis in rice; Male sterility systems for hybrid rice breeding; Outcrossing mechanisms and hybrid seed production practices in rice; Disease and insect resistance in hybid rice; Grain quality considerations in hybrid rice; ...
Sant S. Virmani, 1994
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Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops
This unique book contains relevant and essential information about important procedures to help increase crop yield, including: methods for deriving second cycle inbred lines for hybrid maize possibilities for hybrid seed production in ...
Amarjit S. Basra, 2000
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Heterosis Breeding in Vegetable Crops
Adaptive Heterosis This heterosis refers to increased fitness of hybrid that is similar to euheterosis. Selective Heterosis This heterosis refers to competitive ability. Its usage is restricted to studies of population. It takes into consideration to  ...
Nagendra Rai, Mathura Rai, 2006
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Current Options for Cereal Improvement: Doubled Haploids, ...
Doubled Haploids, Mutants, and Heterosis : Proceedings of the First FAO/IAEA Research Co- Ordination Meeting on "Use of Induced Mutations in Connection with Haploids and Heterosis in Cereals", 8-12 December 1986, Guelph, Canada M.
M. Maluszynski, 1989
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Hybrid Rice Breeding Manual
Heterosis breeding, which exploits the phenomenon of hybrid vigor, has proven to be a practical method of crop improvement, especially for increasing yield potential in many crops. This phenomenon has been exploited primarily in several ...
‎1997
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Molecular Plant Breeding
role in genetic control of both quantitative traits and heterosis. The dominance hypothesis proposes that heterosis results from the cancellation of effects from deleterious recessive alleles, contributed by one parent, by dominant alleles ...
Yunbi Xu, 2010
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Mutations, In Vitro and Molecular Techniques for ...
Heterosis. in. crop. mutant. crosses. and. production. of. high. yielding. lines. using. doubled. haploid. systems. M Maluszynski1, I. Szarejko2, P. Barriga3 and A. Balcerzyk2 1 Plant Breeding and Gene lies Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division, ...
M. Maluszynski, Kenneth Kasha, 2002
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Hybrid Rice: Proceedings of the International Symposium on ...
Eleven of the 153 F 1 hybrids tested showed significant standard heterosis in grain yield (Rutger and Shinjyo 1980). Heterosis ranged from 16 to 63%, with a 41% average. While these levels seemed exciting, they were tempered by the fact ...
‎1988
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Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding
In addition to the genetic effects, the gene frequencies of favorable alleles would be different to magnify the expression of heterosis. Extensive testing of populations and population hybrids through diallel mating designs has been useful to ...
Arnel R. Hallauer, Marcelo J. Carena, J.B. Miranda Filho, 2010
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Advances in Rice Genetics
Prediction of heterosis prior to field evaluation of F1 hybrids may promote the rapid and economical development of het- erotic hybrid combinations. Many researchers have reported on the possibility of predicting F1 yield via the estimation of ...
Gurdev S. Khush, Darshan S. Brar, Bill Hardy, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROSIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterosis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Genetic variance components and heritability of multiallelic …
Heterosis. Iowa State College Press: Ames, IA, USA, pp 282–297. Crow JF, Kimura M. (1970) An Introduction to Population Genetics Theory. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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The Superplant That May Finally Topple the Rubber Monopoly - Wired
But hybrid vigor, or heterosis, can boost plant yields in big ways. If you inbreed the same line, damaged or recessive genes can show through, ... «Wired, Jul 15»
3
Hybrid vigour: Infertility rescue
Heterosis, or 'hybrid vigour', causes cross-bred offspring to have growth or other characteristics that are more advantageous than either of their ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Microspore culture reveals complex meiotic behaviour in a …
... AABBCC = 54 from crosses between the diploids and/or allotetraploids, with greater potential for allelic heterosis and hence hybrid vigour [4]. «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Commercial Beefmaster Field Day to be July 11
11 a.m. — Dr. Wells from The Noble Foundation to discuss research they have done on heterosis and the crossbreeding of Beefmaster cattle;. «Buffalo Reflex, Jun 15»
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Written by MSU News Service
... techniques, range renovation, grazing practices, breeding and genetic development of heterosis in cattle and soil physics research. NARC is ... «kxlo-klcm, Jun 15»
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Dances of Divinity review: Rare insight into classical Indian form
... of deep colour, embossed by golden belts and necklaces, worn with heterosis of woven flowers. It was, all round, an evening of rich rewards. «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
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Genetic evaluation is now in the hands of commercial cattle producers
I would settle for some measure of crude heterosis that could be applied to commercial cows already in the commercial herd or commercial ... «Beef Magazine, May 15»
9
Call for crop improvement Analysis articles
... starting with a mechanistic genomic understanding of phenomena such as epistasis, heterosis, expression dominance and trait stability. «Nature.com, May 15»
10
Red Angus riding wave of interest
“In that case, I might be willing to give up some heterosis on the ... I'd still be leveraging the advantages of heterosis by having a crossbred cow. «La Junta Tribune Democrat, May 15»

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