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Making it on their own: sperm-dependent hybrid fishes (Cobitis) switch the sexual hosts and expand beyond the ranges of their original sperm donors.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 12 Sept 2008
Choleva Lukás, Apostolou Apostolos, Rab Petr, Janko Karel
Abstract excerpt
Interspecific hybridization may result in asexual hybrid lineages that reproduce via parthenogenesis. Contrary to true parthenogens, sperm-dependent asexuals (gynogens and hybridogens) are restricted to the range of bisexual species, generally the parental taxa, by their need for a sperm donor. I...
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