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hybrid vigor

noun



hybrid vigor

  1. The increased vigor or general health, resistance to disease, and other superior qualities that are often manifested in hybrid organisms, especially plants and animals.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hybrid vigor1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

Hybridization may also have brought "hybrid vigor," where a hybrid organism is more vigorous than either of its parents.

The phenomenon, called hybrid vigor, comes from crossing two strains of inbred parents.

Geneticists have proposed several theories about the cause of hybrid vigor, but no definitive explanation has emerged.

Not to just restore the past, but to finally realize the incredible hybrid vigor of our multicultural, multiracial heritage and build a new America that shows the world how it’s done.

If Jemisin ended up dismantling this motivation, aligning it with the baseless hysterics of white supremacists denouncing “hybrid vigor” and white genocide, it would be one thing.

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