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Heterosis indices: What do we really measure?

View ORCID ProfileDominique de Vienne, Julie B. Fiévet
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/800441
Dominique de Vienne
GQE – Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Julie B. Fiévet
GQE – Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Abstract

Heterosis (hybrid vigor) is a universal phenomenon of crucial agro-economic and evolutionary importance. We show that the most common heterosis indices do not properly measure the deviation from additivity because they include both a component accounting for the “real” heterosis and a term that has no link with heterosis since it depends only on the parental values. Therefore these indices are ineffective whenever the aim of the studies is to compare heterosis levels between traits, environments, genetic backgrounds or developmental stages, as these factors may affect not only heterosis but also the parental values. This observation argues for the careful choice of heterosis indices according to the purpose of the work.

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Dominique de Vienne, Julie B. Fiévet
bioRxiv 800441; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/800441
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Dominique de Vienne, Julie B. Fiévet
bioRxiv 800441; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/800441

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