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Inviability

Definition

noun

Incapacity (of an organism, a cell or tissue) to live, develop, grow, or reproduce.


Supplement

In hybrid inviability, an organism (a hybrid) possesses a deleterious gene that its offspring would not be able to survive, and usually die before birth.


Word origin: in- (not) + viable +-ity.
Related forms: inviable (adjective).

Compare: viability.


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Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms

... species boundaries. " Would this refer to pre-zygotic mechanisms (ecological, temporal, behavioral, etc.) or post-zygotic mechanisms (hybrid inviability, hybrid sterility, and hybrid breakdown)? Thanks!

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by azarbock
Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:27 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms
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