Fertility in an F1 male hybrid of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) x mule deer (O. hemionus). Academic Article

abstract

• The fecundity of an F1 male hybrid deer, from a cross between a male Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) and a female O. hemionus (mule deer), was assessed by cytogenetic and flow cytometric techniques. Analysis of chromosome morphology, nucleolus organizer expression, meiotic chromosome pairing, sperm production, and nuclear gene inheritance revealed no genetic anomalies that could potentially impair normal fertility. These observations are discussed in relation to recent reports of hybridization between natural populations of these two species.

authors

• Derr, James

published proceedings

• J Reprod Fertil

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Derr, J. N., Hale, D. W., Ellsworth, D. L., & Bickham, J. W.

citation count

• 15

complete list of authors

• Derr, JN||Hale, DW||Ellsworth, DL||Bickham, JW

publication date

• September 1991

publisher

• Bioscientifica  Publisher

published in

• Reproduction  Journal

keywords

• Albumins
• Animals
• Chromosomes
• Deer
• Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
• Fertility
• Flow Cytometry
• Hybridization, Genetic
• Karyotyping
• Male
• Meiosis
• Mitosis
• Spermatozoa
• Synaptonemal Complex

PubMed Central ID

• 1920279

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1530/jrf.0.0930111

start page

• 111

end page

• 117

volume

• 93

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0930111