One advantage of crossbreeding is that the offspring may perform better than the average of the parents. Crossbreeding is the process of mating two different breeds or lines of animals to produce offspring with desirable characteristics from both parents.
The process of crossbreeding can result in offspring that have a combination of the desirable traits from each parent, resulting in offspring that are superior to their parents in terms of traits such as growth rate, disease resistance, and fertility.
This is known as hybrid vigor, or heterosis, and it occurs because the offspring inherit different sets of genes from each parent, which can result in complementary gene interactions that enhance the offspring's performance.
In contrast to the other options listed, crossbreeding does not necessarily result in offspring resembling the recessive parent, the yield of the offspring may be comparable to those of the parents, and offspring can survive adverse environmental conditions, depending on the specific traits selected for by the breeder.