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Heterosis in a sentence

Heterosis meaning

The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour.

Using Heterosis

  • The main meaning on this page is: The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour.

Context around Heterosis

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

positive 1× negative 1×

Often after:

produces 1× refers 1×

Sentence patterns with Heterosis

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

benefit from heterosis at all 1× e g heterosis only takes 1× increases in heterosis would not 1× p 17 heterosis is common 1× positive heterosis produces more 1× term negative heterosis refers to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bryophyte still maintains 1× however james flynn 1× p 17 heterosis 1× positive heterosis produces 1× the advantage of 1×

Common sentence endings:

and plant hybrids 1× diploid life stage 1× heterosis at all 1× observed iq gains 1× or smaller hybrids 1×

Words around Heterosis

Just before it in the word index:

heterosexuals 29 heterosexuality 40 heterosexual 255 heteros 3 heterophylla 2 heteropatriarchal 2

Just after it in the word index:

heterosporous 2 heterostructures 4 heterosynaptic 3 heterotic 7 heterotopic 4 heterotrimeric 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Heterosis

  • In this selection, "heterosis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, positive, negative, produces and refers stand out and add context to how "heterosis" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include benefit from heterosis at all and e g heterosis only takes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "heterosis" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with heterosis

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

P. 17. Heterosis is common in both animal and plant hybrids. (11 words)

The advantage of diploid, e.g. heterosis, only takes place in diploid life stage. (14 words)

Positive heterosis produces more robust hybrids, they might be stronger or bigger; while the term negative heterosis refers to weaker or smaller hybrids. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

However, James Flynn has pointed out that even if everyone mated with a sibling in 1900, subsequent increases in heterosis would not be a sufficient explanation of the observed IQ gains. (31 words)

Positive heterosis produces more robust hybrids, they might be stronger or bigger; while the term negative heterosis refers to weaker or smaller hybrids. (23 words)

Bryophyte still maintains the sexual reproduction during its evolution despite the fact that the haploid stage does not benefit from heterosis at all. (23 words)

Example sentences (5)

Positive heterosis produces more robust hybrids, they might be stronger or bigger; while the term negative heterosis refers to weaker or smaller hybrids.

Bryophyte still maintains the sexual reproduction during its evolution despite the fact that the haploid stage does not benefit from heterosis at all.

However, James Flynn has pointed out that even if everyone mated with a sibling in 1900, subsequent increases in heterosis would not be a sufficient explanation of the observed IQ gains.

P. 17. Heterosis is common in both animal and plant hybrids.

The advantage of diploid, e.g. heterosis, only takes place in diploid life stage.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "heterosis" in a sentence?
An example: "Positive heterosis produces more robust hybrids, they might be stronger or bigger; while the term negative heterosis refers to weaker or smaller hybrids." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "heterosis" from authentic English texts.
What does "heterosis" mean?
Heterosis means: The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour.
How many example sentences with "heterosis" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "heterosis", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.