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MeSH Heading: Hybrid Vigor
Tree Number(s): G05.400
Unique ID: D006823
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006823
Scope Note: The adaptive superiority of the heterozygous GENOTYPE with respect to one or more characters in comparison with the corresponding HOMOZYGOTE.
Entry Term(s): Heterosis
Previous Indexing: Hybridization (1966-1967)
See Also: Genetic Load; Hybridization, Genetic
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HYBRIDIZATION 1968-90
History Note: 91(68); was see under HYBRIDIZATION 1968-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Hybrid Vigor MeSH Descriptor Data 2025