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Science 31 October 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3905, pp. 626 - 627
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3905.626
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A Molecular Basis for Heterosis

Drew Schwartz 1 and William J. Laughner 1

1 Department of Botany, lndiana University, Bloomington 47401

Alcohol dehydrogenase allodimers composed of an unstable active subunit and a stable but inactive subunit are both active and stable. The implication of this finding for the problem of heterosis is discussed.


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