Hetero Blood Types and Breeding Performance
- 20 March 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 129 (3351), 781-782
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.129.3351.781
Abstract
The phenomenon of hybrid vigor apparently depends to some extent upon the degree of diversity between the genes of the two parents. Results are presented which suggest that diversity of cellular antigens might be used as an indicator of general genetic diversity between mates.Keywords
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