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There have been attempts at hybridization between sturgeon and paddlefish in the past. Paddlefish are the most closely related extant species to the sturgeons

There have been attempts at hybridization between sturgeon and paddlefish in the past. Paddlefish are the most closely related extant species to the sturgeons, so while it's surprising, it's not exactly mind-blowing. It's not like they hybridized a sturgeon with a carp.

_a_a_a_ 3y ago
> There have been attempts at hybridization between sturgeon and paddlefish in the past ref? > 's not exactly mind-blowing disagree
- msrenee 3y ago
  >“The case with myself and others who have taken sturgeon from our waters and tried to make the hybrid is we get nothing. It does not develop,” Semmens said. “Maybe the egg will start to develop, but it does not complete development. It does not hatch. These guys over in Hungary don’t have the same species of sturgeon to work with that we do. We have the shovelnose sturgeon. They have Russian sturgeon. It turns out there are some differences there, and that was important.” [0] >disagree Disagree. [0] - https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2020/08/13/ksu-professor-helps-create-new-species-of-fish https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2020/08/13/ksu-...
  - _a_a_a_ 3y ago
    >“The case with myself and others... Your're right >>disagree >Disagree. From your link: "The expectation was that if you took paddlefish milk and fertilized a sturgeon egg, nothing would happen. When they crossed the Russian sturgeon eggs with milk or spermatozoa in the milk, the expectation was it would not hybridize from the paddlefish" This is a quote from an expert who didn't expect it to happen. And you're presenting that to me to suggest that it was expected. I don't normally say this but: you're wrong.
    - msrenee 3y ago
      It's a quote from the same guy. He'd tried it in the past because they are close enough that he thought it could happen. He didn't expect it to work this time because it hadn't worked with other sturgeon species.

_a_a_a_ 3y ago

> There have been attempts at hybridization between sturgeon and paddlefish in the past ref? > 's not exactly mind-blowing disagree

msrenee 3y ago
>“The case with myself and others who have taken sturgeon from our waters and tried to make the hybrid is we get nothing. It does not develop,” Semmens said. “Maybe the egg will start to develop, but it does not complete development. It does not hatch. These guys over in Hungary don’t have the same species of sturgeon to work with that we do. We have the shovelnose sturgeon. They have Russian sturgeon. It turns out there are some differences there, and that was important.” [0] >disagree Disagree. [0] - https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2020/08/13/ksu-professor-helps-create-new-species-of-fish https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2020/08/13/ksu-...
- _a_a_a_ 3y ago
  >“The case with myself and others... Your're right >>disagree >Disagree. From your link: "The expectation was that if you took paddlefish milk and fertilized a sturgeon egg, nothing would happen. When they crossed the Russian sturgeon eggs with milk or spermatozoa in the milk, the expectation was it would not hybridize from the paddlefish" This is a quote from an expert who didn't expect it to happen. And you're presenting that to me to suggest that it was expected. I don't normally say this but: you're wrong.
  - msrenee 3y ago
    It's a quote from the same guy. He'd tried it in the past because they are close enough that he thought it could happen. He didn't expect it to work this time because it hadn't worked with other sturgeon species.