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outbreeding depression

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004646

The reduction in the fitness of progeny from crosses between genetically different populations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004646
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsoutcrossing depression
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoquantitative genetics; outcrossing; outbreeding
TranslationsSpanish: depresión por alogamia
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004646",
  "term": "outbreeding depression",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The reduction in the fitness of progeny from crosses between genetically different populations.",
  "synonyms": [
    "outcrossing depression"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "quantitative genetics",
    "outcrossing",
    "outbreeding"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "depresión por alogamia"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/outbreeding-depression/"
}

Record 4,646 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.