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<p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Heterosis</b>, or <b>hybrid vigor</b> or <b>outbreeding enhancement</b>, is the increased function of any biological quality in a </span><span style="color: #000000">hybrid</span><span style="color: #000000"> offspring. It is the occurrence of a genetically superior offspring from mixing the genes of its parents.</span></p>
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<h2><span style="color: #000000"><span id="Genetic_basis_of_heterosis" class="mw-headline">Genetic basis of heterosis</span></span></h2>
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<td class="mbox-text">This article includes a <a title="Wikipedia:Citing sources" href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources"><font color="#0645ad">list of references</font></a>, related reading or <a title="Wikipedia:External links" href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links"><font color="#0645ad">external links</font></a>, but <b>its sources remain unclear because it lacks <a title="Wikipedia:Citing sources" href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations"><font color="#0645ad">inline citations</font></a></b>. <small><font size="2">Please </font><a title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check" href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fact_and_Reference_Check"><font color="#0645ad" size="2">improve</font></a><font size="2"> this article by introducing more precise citations </font><a title="Wikipedia:When to cite" href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite"><font color="#0645ad" size="2">where appropriate</font></a><font size="2">. <i>(September 2009)</i></font></small></td>
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