This Sturgeon-Paddlefish Hybrid Shouldn't Exist | SciShow News

Chromosome shenanigans have resulted in some unexpected hybrid fishes. Also, this record-breaking mouse lives at a ridiculous altitude.

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Sources:
Sturddlefish
Hybrid background: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11427-014-4707-1.pdf
Gynecogenesis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/gynogenesis
Main source:
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/7/753

Mice
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/15/2005265117/tab-article-info
https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2020/07/15/2005265117.full.pdf
https://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2020/07/17/fsu-biologist-part-of-team-that-discovered-new-record-for-highest-living-mammal/#:~:text=The%20mouse%20was%20found%20even,at%20such%20a%20high%20elevation.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Polyodon_spathula#/media/File:FMIB_51145_Paddle-Fish.jpeg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Acipenser_gueldenstaedtii#/media/File:Waxdick_(Acipenser_gueldenstaedtii_).jpg Daniel Döhne
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_paddlefish_filter_feeding.webm Earthwave Society
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/7/753# by Jenő Káldy et al.
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/animated-dna-strands-loop-able-4k-het21yt5gizvyi5ms
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https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/15/2005265117/tab-article-info
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/7/753