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Hybridization

Heterosis is

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Heterosis is

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Hybrid incompatibility

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B

Hybrid vigour

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C

Structural hybridity

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D

Hybrid sterility

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Solution

The correct option is A Hybrid vigour
Heterosis or hybrid vigor is an outbreeding enhancement device that improves or increased the function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring. An offspring exhibits heterosis if its traits are enhanced as a result of mixing the genetic contributions of its parents. Thus, the correct answer is option B

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