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filial generation

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filial generation [¦fil·ē·əl ‚jen·ə¦rā·shən]
(genetics)
Any generation following the parental generation.


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They complain that it has taken them their lifetime and their filial generation too might suffer on this account.
When a cross is successful, the first filial generation (F-1 hybrid) has a unique genetic composition and usually exhibits hybrid vigor.
No developmental abnormalities have been observed in first filial generation (F1) male or female offspring resulting from mating finasteride-treated male rats (80 mg/kg/day; 61 times the human exposure) with untreated females.
 
 
 
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