English Explanatory Dictionary

Haldane's rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Haldane's rule

Etymology

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

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