Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) has been widely used in crop seed breeding to improve many key
economic traits. Nevertheless, the genetic and molecular basis of this important …

Heterosis or hybrid vigor is a phenomenon where hybrid progeny have superior
performance compared to their parental inbred lines. This is important in the use of F 1 …

Plants transmit signals long distances, as evidenced in grafting experiments that create
distinct rootstock-scion junctions. Noncoding small RNA is a signaling molecule that is graft …

The mechanisms underlying heterosis have long remained a matter of debate, despite its
agricultural importance. How changes in transcriptional networks during plant development …

Heterosis has been extensively utilized to increase productivity in crops, yet the underlying
molecular mechanisms remain largely elusive. Here, we generated transcriptome-wide …

Learned behavior, a fundamental adaptive trait in fluctuating environments, is shaped by
species-specific constraints. This phenomenon is evident in songbirds, which acquire their …

Arabidopsis thaliana hybrids have similar properties to hybrid crops, with greater biomass
relative to the parents. We asked whether the greater biomass was due to increased …

Heterosis or hybrid vigor has been used widely for more than a decade in Canola (Brassica
napus) production. Canola hybrids show heterosis in a variety of traits compared to parents …

Parental selection is important for heterosis formation during crossbreeding of Populus.
However, in poplar hybrids, the effect of parents on vegetative growth heterosis is not well …

During evolution, mutations produce new lineages that gradually diverge in sequence and
regulatory properties. Related strains or species can hybridize to produce viable offspring …