NOUN
- (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent
How To Use hybrid vigor In A Sentence
- Hybrid vigor is a well-known phenomenon responsible for increased yields in corn, and metaphorically, for the economic and cultural flourishing of civilizations that engage in foreign trade. Wolfram Blog : Hybrid Logos and a Fortunate Mistake
- The international outcross did frequently provide some hybrid vigor - useful for covering up recessive negatives - in the short-term, but would have proved a disaster in the long-term as its principal achievement would have been to dilute valuable gene groupings that are better maintained by prudent inbreeding and line-breeding (as great breeders through the ages have demonstrated consistently). Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
