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Agriculture · Q973

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 973

Q973

Superiority of hybrid over both of its parents is called

A.
Dominance
B.
Heterosis
Answer
C.
Hybridisation
D.
Over dominance

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The superiority of a hybrid over both of its parents is called Heterosis.
Heterosis refers to the phenomenon that progeny of diverse varieties of a species or crosses between species exhibit greater biomass, speed of development, and fertility than both parents.
It is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring. An offspring is heterotic if its traits are enhanced as a result of mixing the genetic contributions of its parents.