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SPECIES hybrids have been reported in Petunia1 and Lycopersicum2 which can only be made in one direction, namely, when the self-fertile species of the pair is used as female parent and the self-incompatible one as male3. This phenomenon, which may be called ‘unilateral hybridization’, also occurs with some species of Antirrhinum.
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HARRISON, B., DARBY, L. Unilateral Hybridization. Nature 176, 982 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176982a0
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