BMC biology
Chromatin-mediated mechanisms of hybrid fertility in F1 male hybrids of Culter alburnus and Megalobrama amblycephala.
Li Ren, Kai Yang, Yiyan Zeng, Ruyi Zhang, Ling Liu, Huiya Guan, Jinhui Zhang, Xiaohuan Han, Shaojun Liu
Published: 202610.1186/s12915-026-02523-9
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Interspecific hybridization is a fundamental evolutionary process, yet it often results in male sterility due to genomic incompatibilities and disrupted epigenetic regulation. While fertility variation among hybrids is increasingly acknow…
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