Why was the term hybrid used for plants?

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Clare

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11 October, 18:08

Why was the term hybrid used for plants?

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Jayson Shah · Answer 1

Hybrid, mongrel refer to animals or plants of mixed origin. Hybrid is the scientific term : hybrid corn; a hybrid variety of sheep.

Carrillo · Answer 2

Hybrid generally refers to any offspring resulting from the breeding of two genetically distinct individuals, which usually will result in a high degree of heterozygosity, though hybrid and heterozygous are not, strictly speaking, synonymous;