hybrid offspring

collocation in English

meaningsofhybridandoffspring

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hybrid
adjective
uk
/ˈhaɪ.brɪd/us
/ˈhaɪ.brɪd/
combining two ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition ofhybridandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The present work indicates an impaired viability ofhybridoffspringin both parental snail species.
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Twenty-three fixedhybridoffspringwere included in this experiment after crosses between previously selected elite parental sources.
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Five plants perhybridoffspringwere selected from among those that survived 35 days from transplanting, based on seedling vigour.
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This profile was very distinguishable from the parental species allowing identification of thehybridoffspringfrom the two parental species (figs 1 and 2).
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Experimental demonstration ofhybridoffspringnon-viability indicates a genetic incompatibility (isolating mechanisms) between the 2 strains suggesting the existence of 2 genotypic clusters which may be regarded as 2 species.
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Hybridoffspringcan result from two organisms of distinct but closely related parent species, although the resulting offspring is not always fertile.
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A tigard is thehybridoffspringof a male tiger and a leopardess.
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However, suchhybridoffspringcan only survive in captivity free of predators.
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The prairie falcon was trapped and the eggs removed, incubated, hatched and thehybridoffspringwere given to falconers.
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Ifhybridoffspringare either sterile or less-fit than non-hybridoffspring, mating between members of two different species will be selected against.
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Thehybridoffspringwere fertile and able to breed successfully with each other, indicating that the two species of bear are closely related.
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The close relationship between the two species is shown when mating: the male redback is able to successfully mate with a female katipo producinghybridoffspring.
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Such speciation may be a product of reproductive isolation which preventshybridoffspringfrom being viable or able to reproduce, thereby reducing gene flow that results in genetic divergence.
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Heterozygote advantage is a major underlying mechanism for heterosis, or hybrid vigor, which is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in ahybridoffspring.
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