satyrization

Meaning

Noun

The situation where interspecific (interspecies) mating fails to produce hybrids and thus reduces the fitness of the species involved.

Origin

, possibly coined by American scientist Jose M. C. Ribeiro and American entomologist Andrew Spielman (1930–2006) in a 1986 article: see the quotation.

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