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Introgression in the genus Salmo via allotriploids.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2007
Castillo A G F, Beall E, Moran P, Martinez J L, Ayllon F, Garcia-Vazquez E
Abstract excerpt
Hybridization between sympatric species is not uncommon in the wild. Wild allotriploids (individuals with two chromosome sets from a species + one chromosome set from another species) are generally the result of a backcross between interspecific hybrids that produce unreduced gametes and one of the parental species. In animals, allotriploids are commonly sterile, except for some vertebrate species complexes in...
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