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Mating patterns among first-generation hybrids of the roach, Rutilus rutilus, and the silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna, between hybrids or with parent-species males, have been investigated under experimental reproduction conditions. The results reveal that the level of sexual activity of these hybrids is high. Hybrid females mated simultaneously and successively with all types of male, resulting in fertilised eggs. Individual participation of roach males in mating was never observed, however.
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Nzau Matondo, B., Ovidio, M., Philippart, J.C. et al. Mating patterns of first-generation hybrids of the roach, Rutilus rutilus (L.), and the silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna (L.). J Ethol 26, 179–183 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-007-0039-y
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