Talk:Heterosis

Regarding the addition of 'some stinky dogs'

I don't know how many of the uninitiated would understand the reference to heterotic string; I'm guessing it wouldn't be many. However, the words "hybrid vigour" incite passionate debate in the various animal fancy groups. "Heterosis" just happens to be the proper term for this phenomenon. I'm sure no disrespect was meant to string theory, but believe me it's more than just a question of a few stinking dogs, or cats, or horses, or cows, or....Thanks for the chuckle! Quill 04:30, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Importance/expansion

Personally I think the concept of heterosis is extremely important from a biological and evolutionary point of view- I'd love to see someone expand this with some hard science, casting a bigger net than is cast now. Kharhaz

Liger

I'm not educated enough to know if this belongs in the article, but I see no mention of what I think would be the most famous and obvious example of heterosis: the fact that a "liger" is currently the largest extant cat in the world. Tsunami3 (talk) 03:28, 30 December 2025 (UTC)