Lepus x Oryctolagus cuniculus : incompatibilities of behavioral and molecular nature.

Rabbit Genetics

Petrescu-Mag I. V.¹ 

关键词: Lepus;    Oryctolagus;    hare;    rabbit;    interspecific hybrids;    myths.;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Bioflux SRL

【 摘 要 】

The present paper is a literature investigation on interspecific hybrids of the rabbit(Oryctolagus cuniculus), resulted from its crosses with related species. Hybrids between species whichare distant from phylogenetic point of view, especially intergeneric hybrids, when they can occur, aregenerally sterile animals. They cannot produce offspring. There is the hypothesis among the rabbitbreeders that the Belgian Giant Rabbit is the result of ancestral mating of domestic rabbits (O. cuniculus)with the European hare, Lepus europaeus. Despite the frequent myths spread by rabbit breeders, genusLepus is unlikely to produce fertile hybrids with genus Oryctolagus. Therefore, this hypothetical hybrid isless likely to be the true origin of the Giant Belgian Rabbit breed.

【 授权许可】

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