Great question! Hybrids can still be super vigorous and sterile, like the mule. It is a very strong and durable hybrid of a donkey & horse but is sterile and can't reproduce. Hybrid sterility often comes from chromosome incompatibility, but the Hopkins Lab is still working on discovering the exact genetic reasons why some Phlox hybrids are sterile (and some aren't)
Loved seeing everyone’s passion and expertise.
I really like the structure of the video.
All aboard the speciation mobile!
Vroom vroom!
Great video ! Love the lab tour !
Thanks so much for this, I was really struggling to find accessible info on the speciation of plants!
Everyone working very hard in the intro
Next episode: Reticulate Evolution! 😂
Yesss that would be epic!
Here from Lateral. Stayed for the science.
yay so glad you're here!
why hybrid should be sterile? In all movies hybrids are stronger. red queen hypothesis does not work here why?
Great question! Hybrids can still be super vigorous and sterile, like the mule. It is a very strong and durable hybrid of a donkey & horse but is sterile and can't reproduce. Hybrid sterility often comes from chromosome incompatibility, but the Hopkins Lab is still working on discovering the exact genetic reasons why some Phlox hybrids are sterile (and some aren't)
Nice, but most of the video is about how a species prevents a new species from forming...