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In a synthetic variety of maize produced by combining 10 lines, the loss of excess vigour in F2 generation will be

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In a synthetic variety of maize produced by combining 10 lines, the loss of excess vigour in F2 generation will be 1/10.
Under the dominance hypothesis, detrimental recessive alleles accumulate in the homozygous state during inbreeding and cause a reduction in vigour or inbreeding depression.
As the synthetic variety is produced by combining 10 lines, therefore the loss of excess vigour in F2 generation will be 1 upon 10.
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