From Individual to Stand Performance in Hybrids: Challenging the Optimal Parental Genetic Distance.

ABSTRACT: Hybridization, the interbreeding of distinct genotypes, drives evolutionary processes like speciation and adaptation, potentially via phenotypic transgression, where hybrids exhibit novel traits. In crop breeding, research has largely focused on optimizing heterosis to enhance hybrid performance, particularly for traits such as biomass. It is only recently that the ecological implications of hybridization have been considered, highlighting hybridization as a biotic interaction occurring within populations and communities. This shift raises fundamental questions about whether hybrid performance shows consistent patterns across individual and population scales, particularly regarding predictions based on parental genetic distance. Here, we address this question by examining Arabidopsis th

SUBMITTER: Utami CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12508626 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature