Here are a pair of Amphiprion perecula x Premnas biaculeatus. I was wondering if anyone has seen these before. I think the company that bred them went out of business.
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I would say you are fighting a losing battle trying to get those hybrids to breed.
This is from the encylopedia britanica on hybrids:
"offspring of parents that differ in genetically determined traits. The parents may be of different species, genera, or (rarely) families. The term [COLOR=#009900 ! important][COLOR=#009900 ! important]hybrid[/COLOR][/COLOR]
, therefore, has a wider application than the terms mongrel or crossbreed, which usually refer to animals or plants resulting from a cross between two races, breeds, strains, or varieties of the same species. There are many species hybrids in nature (in ducks, oaks, blackberries, etc.), and, although naturally occurring hybrids between two genera have been noted, most of these latter result from human intervention. Because of basic biological incompatibilities, sterile hybrids (those incapable of producing living young) such as the mule (a hybrid between a ******* and a mare) commonly result from crosses between species.
Some interspecific hybrids, however, are fertile and true breeding. These hybrids can be sources for the formation of new species. Many economically or aesthetically important cultivated plants (bananas, coffee, peanuts, dahlias, roses, bread wheats, alfalfa, etc.) have originated through natural hybridization or hybridization induced by [COLOR=#009900 ! important][COLOR=#009900 ! important]chemical [COLOR=#009900 ! important]means[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], temperature changes, or irradiation.
The process of hybridization is important biologically because it increases the genetic variety (number of different gene combinations) within a species, which is necessary for evolution to occur. If climatic or habitat conditions change, individuals with certain combinations may be eliminated, but others with different combinations will survive. In this way, the appearance or behaviour of a species gradually may be altered. Such natural hybridization, which is widespread among certain species, makes the identification and enumeration of species very difficult.
Why? What you posted says not all hybrids are sterile. This could be one of the hybrids that could breed true. It would be worth trying.
I would say you are fighting a losing battle trying to get those hybrids to breed.
This is from the encylopedia britanica on hybrids:
"offspring of parents that differ in genetically determined traits. The parents may be of different species, genera, or (rarely) families. The term [COLOR=#009900 ! important][COLOR=#009900 ! important]hybrid[/color][/color]
, therefore, has a wider application than the terms mongrel or crossbreed, which usually refer to animals or plants resulting from a cross between two races, breeds, strains, or varieties of the same species. There are many species hybrids in nature (in ducks, oaks, blackberries, etc.), and, although naturally occurring hybrids between two genera have been noted, most of these latter result from human intervention. Because of basic biological incompatibilities, sterile hybrids (those incapable of producing living young) such as the mule (a hybrid between a ******* and a mare) commonly result from crosses between species.
Some interspecific hybrids, however, are fertile and true breeding. These hybrids can be sources for the formation of new species. Many economically or aesthetically important cultivated plants (bananas, coffee, peanuts, dahlias, roses, bread wheats, alfalfa, etc.) have originated through natural hybridization or hybridization induced by [COLOR=#009900 ! important][COLOR=#009900 ! important]chemical [COLOR=#009900 ! important]means[/color][/color][/color], temperature changes, or irradiation.
The process of hybridization is important biologically because it increases the genetic variety (number of different gene combinations) within a species, which is necessary for evolution to occur. If climatic or habitat conditions change, individuals with certain combinations may be eliminated, but others with different combinations will survive. In this way, the appearance or behaviour of a species gradually may be altered. Such natural hybridization, which is widespread among certain species, makes the identification and enumeration of species very difficult.
As far as dogs go, they are hybrid "breeds". All dogs, no matter whether it is a great dane or a chihuahua, are all the same species, Canis lupus familiaris. It is a subspecies of the grey wolf. This is one of the most misquoted examples of viable hybrids out there. It is the same as saying you can cross an asian and a mexican and get a viable offspring. Race = breed as far as science is concerned.i would have to disagree to this in the case of the clownfish. the statement is true to a point. mixing a lion and tiger and getting a liger is a real animal and was cross bread into a hybrid and yes it is sterile. or the hybrid chimp that is out there that was cross with human DNA looks more human that chimp but yet he is sterile.
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but stil animals with command families, like hybred dogs and cats you can be bought and are not sterile and can bread. there is a fine line where sterilization does and doesnt acure. clowns are still in the same family so yes some can cross bread and still produce none sterile fish.
sorry saw a special on this topic on discovery channle some time back.