Assertion: liger | /r/HasProperty | sterile
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: like most hybrids
type: OTHER
value: in accordance with haldane's rule
type: OTHER
value: invariably
type: MANNER
value: for a long time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: For a long time both ligers and tigons animal species were thought to be sterile, however this doesn’t apply to both the sexes of the mixed species.
text: For a long time both ligers and tigons animal species were thought to be sterile, however this doesn’t apply to both the sexes of the mixed species.
text: That ligers are sterile seems to be another myth.
text: Guggisberg said liger and tigon were thought to be invariably sterile, which means they cannot have offspring.
text: The key words are "interbreed successfully"; tigons and ligers generally are sterile and short-lived -- an evolutionary dead end.
text: Ligers and tigons were long thought to be sterile, but some female ligers have produced offspring.
text: The second belief that was proved wrong was that ligers are sterile.
text: Are ligers sterile?
text: Since ligers are usually sterile and artificially bred, they would not be considered a part of a natural "evolutionary tree.
text: In accordance with Haldane's rule, male tigons and ligers are sterile, but female ligers and tigons can produce cubs.
text: Like most hybrids, ligers and tigons are usually sterile, but occasionally a female will be fertile and can be bred back to a male lion or tiger, producing: