What is heterosis what role has it played in crop productivity
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Heterosis is the tendency of a cross-bred individual to show qualities superior to those of both parents. Heterotic groups are created by plant breeders to classify inbred lines, and can be progressively improved.
Answer:
Heterosis is a type of outbreeding that aims at developing high quality hybrid which inculcates the best qualities of the mother and the father, this help in producing high qualities of crop varieties.
Explanation:
Out breeding or development of hybrids always focuses at the fabrication of new varieties of plants or animals in order to achieve maximum yield to the humans.
The breeding of best species of animals for this purpose has been practiced from ancient times, the recent advancement in this technique is the inclusion of genetic engineering techniques and principles.