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hybrid vigour

Meaning of "hybrid vigour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYBRID VIGOUR

hybrid vigour


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYBRID VIGOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hybrid vigour 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 HYBRID VIGOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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.

Definition of hybrid vigour in the English dictionary

The definition of hybrid vigour in the dictionary is the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents Also called: heterosis.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYBRID VIGOUR

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HYBRID VIGOUR

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Synonyms and antonyms of hybrid vigour in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hybrid vigour» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of hybrid vigour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hybrid vigour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hybrid vigour» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

杂种优势
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vigor híbrido
570 millions of speakers
en

English

hybrid vigour
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

संकर ताक़त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قوة الهجين
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

гибридной силы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

vigor híbrido
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সংকর উদ্দীপনা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vigueur hybride
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Semangat hibrid
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hybrid-Kraft
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

雑種強勢
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

하이브리드 활기
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sato Vigor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ưu thế lai
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கலப்பின வீரியம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

संकरीत जोम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Melez canlılık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

vigore ibrido
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

hybrydowy wigor
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

гібридної сили
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vigoarea hibrid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υβριδικό σθένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

basterkrag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hybrid vigör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hybrid vigor
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYBRID VIGOUR»

Discover the use of hybrid vigour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hybrid vigour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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General Plant Breeding
Hybrid vigour for tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum (Linn.) Karst.) was observed and reported for first time by Hedrick and Booth (1 908). Hybrid vigour in tomato is manifested by increased number of fruits per plant (Hepler, 1929, Whaley, ...
A.R. Dabholkar, 2006
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Plants in Agriculture
9.3.6 Hybrid vigour Hybrid vigour is the converse of inbreeding depression. Just as inbreeding depression accompanies homozygosity, hybrid vigour accompanies hetero- zygosity. Once again it is not heterozygosity itself that causes hybrid ...
James C. Forbes, Drennan Watson, 1992
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Genetics And Plant Breeding
Hybrid Vigour It is common observation that the F, generation in many crosses is more vigourous than the parent stocks. The increase in vigour, growth, size, yield or function of a hybrid progeny over the parents is known as hybrid vigour or ...
L.D. Vijendra Das, 2006
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Onions and Other Vegetable Alliums
Such an effect is termed 'hybrid vigour' or 'heterosis'. In such hybrids the influence of any unfavourable recessive alleles homozygous in the parent lines may be masked by more favourable dominant alleles from the other parent. When a ...
James L. Brewster, 2008
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Biology: A Functional Approach
This is known as hybrid vigour. It is often particularly pronounced in the progeny of parents which have been made inferior by previous inbreeding. In such cases the hybrid may be tougher than the original variety from which its parents were ...
M. B. V. Roberts, 1986
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Comprehensive Biology XII
Hybrid vigour can be defined as “the superiority of the hybrid over its parents”. The phenomenon of hybrid vigour was first studied by Koelreuter in 1763, while working in some species of Nicotiana. Hybrid vigour has been extensively utilised ...
Dr. J. P. Sharma
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Modern Biology
Heterosis or Hybrid Vigour : It refers to the exhibition of superiority of the hybrid over both of its parents in one or more traits. It is based on the ability to give higher yield, and disease and pest resistance. Plant breeders have utilized the hybrid ...
V. B. Rastogi, 1997
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Plant Breeding Systems
INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND HYBRID VIGOUR Inbreeding depression has probably been recognized as long as humans have domesticated plants and animals; it was certainly discussed by Virgil two millenia ago. It can be defined as a ...
A. J. Richards, 1997
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Breeding Stud Sheep
Hybrid vigour, or heterosis, does not apply in the true sense to most stud breeding operations as we are breeding 'pure bred' animals. If, however, we are producing terminal sires for use in the prime lamb industry then lamb producers who use ...
Murray Long, 2008
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Darwin's Biological Work: Some Aspects Reconsidered
As an outcome of his work with maize, and as an explanation of hybrid vigour, Eastm] postulated in 1909 that when two strains differing in gametic structure are combined, development is stimulated. On this theory, hybrid vigour was a property ...
P. R. Bell, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYBRID VIGOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hybrid vigour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hybrids deliver on vigour
The brahman British cross created hybrid vigour with advantages of increased fertility, increased milk production and do-ability on low-growth ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Jul 15»
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stacking on the high-value meat cuts
Key attributes that attracted them to the limousin breed were easy-calving cows, good hybrid vigour and early-maturing progeny relative to ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Preventing those pensioner pockets with Cider with Rosie author …
It took the introduction of Tarmac, push-bikes, buses and motorcars before we started to see a welcome bit of hybrid vigour about the place. «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»
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Ron Bendell: Stop the West filling up with 'pensioner pockets'
It took the introduction of Tarmac, push-bikes, buses and motorcars before we started to see a welcome bit of hybrid vigour about the place. «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
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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»
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Microspore culture reveals complex meiotic behaviour in a …
... as allelic contributions from three genomes could increase hybrid vigour and broaden adaptation. Microspore culture of a near-allohexaploid ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Proof is in the pudding for romney ewe hogget winner
All sires are romney, so there is no hybrid vigour and neither androvax nor ovastim have ever been used. Rams go out on March 1, with ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Supplementing salmon populations may worsen their decline
Some previous studies have found that translocating animals from one population to another can lead to 'hybrid vigour', as increased genetic ... «FIS, Jul 15»
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Salmon Study Shows Supplementing Population Not Always …
Some previous studies have found that translocating animals from one population to another can lead to 'hybrid vigour', as increased genetic ... «TheFishSite.com, Jun 15»
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A journey of business growth
The three-way crossing gives us the benefit of the hybrid vigour and a simple breeding system." Being prepared and flexible. Across the years ... «The Australian Dairyfarmer, Jun 15»
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