GeneticsGeneticsPeer-reviewed
Hybrid decay: a transgenerational epigenetic decline in vigor and viability triggered in backcross populations of teosinte with maize
Wei Xue, Sarah N. Anderson, Xufeng Wang…·John Doebley
The paper describes a transgenerational epigenetic decline in vigor and viability in maize-teosinte backcross populations, termed 'hybrid decay', characterized by genomic instability and altered gene expression.