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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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Differentiate between inbreeding and heterosis.

Answer

When two individuals of a species that are related by descent and are mated together, it is called inbreeding.
When two unrelated individuals or lines are crossed, the  hybrid is often superior to both of its parents. This phenomenon is called heterosis.

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