Experimental gynogenesis provides evidence of hybridogenetic reproduction in the Rana esculenta complex.
The gynogenetic offspring of the hybrid frog Rana esculenta (R. ridibunda X R. lessonae) are exclusively of the ridibunda type. This is due to the premeiotic exclusion of the lessonae genome from the hybrid's germ cells.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D005838:Genotype; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008297:Male; D011893:Rana esculenta; D011898:Ranidae; D013045:Species Specificity