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They will have different sex chromosomes (Y from tiger or lion) and different mtdna. So there might be some slight differences. And it's not out of the question
by im3w1l 7y ago
They will have different sex chromosomes (Y from tiger or lion) and different mtdna. So there might be some slight differences. And it's not out of the question that one is more viable than the other.
EDIT: Wikipedia: "Notably, ligers typically grow larger than either parent species, unlike tigons"
- dmos62 7y agoI'm talking about naming; I'm not saying it doesn't matter which is male or female. Why is an offspring of lion and tiger called liger? Because the male was lion, and vice-versa for tigon. That's just plain patriarchism. Is it "bad"? I don't know. We certainly have a tradition for it. Edit: that's a lot of downvotes and no comments. Are we beyond talking about sexism, or is my tone so off-putting.
- smallnamespace 7y agoWhy do you assume there is a bias in favor of the first half? Does the adjective 'Franco-German' reveal an insidious pro-French bias in English?
- mkl 7y agoYou are trying to take an interesting discussion about species off on a wildly irrelevant tangent. There is no sexism here and the names are not designed to promote patriarchy.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoIt's off topic and inflammatory. And this follow up comment reinforces the appearance that the point is basically shit stirring and nothing else. I talk about sexism pretty regularly on HN. Sometimes it doesn't go well and sometimes it does. You absolutely can discuss sexism here. This is just not a good approach to doing so.