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man-ape hybrid

magnus at darwin.uchicago.edu magnus at darwin.uchicago.edu
Thu Sep 21 11:03:10 EST 1995


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>From: radford at cs.toronto.edu (Radford Neal)
>Subject: Re: man-ape hybrid
>Date: 16 Sep 95 18:43:10 GMT
>
>Perhaps a professional might be able to argue that interbreeding is
>impossible due to chromosonal incompatibility...

Such a professional would no doubt also know that chromosomal rearrangements
usually lead to problems during meiosis in the F1 generation, i.e., to
sterile hybrids.  They seem to have little to do with the viability of the
hybrid.
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