Lions and Tigers Can Interbreed and Produce Offspring Called Tiglons

question 28

Multiple Choice

Lions and tigers can interbreed and produce offspring called tiglons or ligers, which have normal life spans but are sterile. Lions and tigers remain isolated genetically because of:

• A)hybrid infertility.
• B)hybrid inviability.
• C)mechanical incompatibility.
• D)behavioral isolation.
• E)heterozygote disadvantage.

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