Scientists that were trying to learn more about sex determination in a type of fish mixed eggs and sperm from two different species of fish in a control experiment not intended to yield viable embryos ...

The underlying mechanisms causing hybrid sterility, however, are less well known. ... Sex ratio and unisexual sterility in hybrid animals. J Genetics 12: 101–109. Google Scholar ...

But, this phenomenon, known as hybrid sterility, isn't limited to the animal kingdom: Plenty of plants produce viable hybrids that are genetic dead-ends as well.

PRDM9 and its role in hybrid sterility in wild mice. Researchers show that hybrid sterility is oligogenetically controlled by PRDM9. March 12, ... meaning there are not either completely fertile or ...

The genomes of both plants and animals seem to act as engines for speciation, as they are 'hard-wired' to encourage the development of new species, according to findings on two very different ...

Currently, the Endangered Species Act doesn't protect hybrid animals, Kelly said. "It's just not something that has been on people's radar screen, and we think it should be." The World's Deadliest ...

But, this phenomenon, known as hybrid sterility, isn't limited to the animal kingdom: Plenty of plants produce viable hybrids that are genetic dead-ends as well.

But, this phenomenon, known as hybrid sterility, isn't limited to the animal kingdom: Plenty of plants produce viable hybrids that are genetic dead-ends as well.

Team studies how selfish genes cause male sterility in flowering plants by Kent State University Yellow monkeyflowers ( Mimulus guttatus ) at the base of Cone Peak in the Oregon Cascades.