Etymology

Haldane's rule

Today it means: An observation about the early stage of speciation, stating that if in a species hybrid only one sex is inviable or sterile, that sex is more likely to be the heterogametic sex. Full definition →

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Formulated in 1922 by the British evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane.

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