intersterile
/ˌɪntərˈstɛrəl/
adjective
- Describing two groups of organisms (such as species or populations) that cannot produce offspring together, even if they are closely related.
- Biologists use the term intersterile to explain why certain fish populations remain genetically separate.
- Farmers discovered that the wild and cultivated strains of the plant were intersterile.
- These two species of frogs are intersterile, so they never produce hybrid tadpoles.
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