Multiple Choice
Hybrids resulting from matings of inbred strains often show heterosis, explained by two different hypotheses, overdominance and dominance. What are the predictions of these hypotheses?
A) The Overdominance hypothesis relies on dominant/recessive alleles
B) The Dominance hypothesis relies on the fact that in the F1s, the deleterious effects of recessive alleles are masked by dominant ones
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