Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 164
Question: Hybrid vigour is mostly due to [Pb. PMT 2000; MHCET 2003, 04; DPMT 2004]
Options:
A) Superiority of all the genes
B) Homozygosity of pure characters
C) Heterozygosity
D) None of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Hybrid vigour is also called heterosis.
It results from the union of genetically different gametes (heterozygosity).