ReviewGenes2021
Revisiting Plant Heterosis-From Field Scale to Molecules.
Review in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exploring genetic variability and floral trait inheritance in F₁ hybrids from climber × miniature rose crosses.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Heterosis in wheat: mechanisms, benefits, and challenges in hybrid development.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- Progeny testing of tropical and sub-tropical maize lines for grain yield and Striga resistance.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Genetic Resources of Cereal and Oilseed Crops for Heterotic Hybrid Breeding.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of Ploidy on Relationship Between Outbreeding Response and Fitness in a Plant Selfing Species.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Resequencing of two elite sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) hybrid parent lines reveals distinctly different genome-wide variation models.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A new approach for evaluating maize transgressive segregants and their three-way cross potential in the S4 convergent breeding population.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Dual genetic mechanisms of heterosis: population structure and gene action.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Dynamic roles of small RNAs and DNA methylation associated with heterosis in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.).BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Assessing Genetic Variation amongPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Epigenetic Regulation in Heterosis and Environmental Stress: The Challenge of Producing Hybrid Epigenomes to Face Climate Change.Epigenomes · 2023Review
- Performances of three-way cross hybrids over their respective single crosses and related heterosis of maize (Heliyon · 2023Article
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- Transcriptome Analysis Reveals a Major Gene Expression Pattern and Important Metabolic Pathways in the Control of Heterosis in Chinese Cabbage.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Predicting heterosisFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
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- Epigenetic variation: A major player in facilitating plant fitness under changing environmental conditions.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
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10 authors.
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Abstract
Heterosis refers to the increase in biomass, stature, fertility, and other characters that impart superior performance to the F1 progeny over genetically diverged parents. The manifestation of heterosis brought an economic revolution to the agricultural production and seed sector in the last few decades. Initially, the idea was exploited in cross-pollinated plants, but eventually acquired serious attention in self-pollinated crops as well. Regardless of harvesting the benefits of heterosis, a century-long discussion is continued to understand the underlying basis of this phenomenon. The massive increase in knowledge of various fields of science such as genetics, epigenetics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics persistently provide new insights to understand the reasons for the expression of hybrid vigor. In this review, we have gathered information ranging from classical genetic studies, field experiments to various high-throughput omics and computational modelling studies in order to understand the underlying basis of heterosis. The modern-day science has worked significantly to pull off our understanding of heterosis yet leaving open questions that requires further research and experimentation. Answering these questions would possibly equip today's plant breeders with efficient tools and accurate choices to breed crops for a sustainable future.
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