What is Outcrossing?
'''Outcrossing''' is a term used in [[genetics]] for the mating of unrelated individuals in a [[population]] or [[species]]. It was originally used for the crossing of an [[inbred strain]] with the [[wild type]].<ref>Futuyma D.J. ''Evolution''. Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts. p126</ref> [[Hybrid vigour]] is the great improvement in [[fitness]] which usually occurs as a result of outcrossing a previously inbred line. Outcrossing leads to [[random mating]], whereas mating of relatives leads to [[inbreeding]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Classical genetics]]