Dazzling

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A Blendling (from mhd. Blenden "to mix"; cf. also English to blend and Danish at blande ) is a descendant of parents who belong to the same species , but not the same subspecies , breed or variety .

use

The term blend is now generally used in biology , especially in breeding (animal and plant breeding ).

The synonym mistus ( Latin mixtus or mistus "mixed") is used less often.

In the German translation of Charles Darwin's About the Origin of Species , a distinction is made between the terms blendling and bastard :

  • Blendling (English mongrel ) stands for the offspring of parents of different varieties. They are usually fertile.
  • Bastard (English hybrid ) stands for the offspring of parents who belong to different species. They are usually sterile.

According to this historical definition, Blendlinge would be the fertile offspring of red and white flowering peas with which Gregor Mendel worked. A bastard, on the other hand, would be the mule , the mostly sterile descendant of a horse mare and a donkey stallion.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charles Darwin: Hybrid and dazzling animals compared regardless of their fertility . In: On the Origin of Species . 1859 ( article ).
  2. ↑ Charles Darwin: Distinction between the sterility at the first cross and the sterility of the hybrids . In: On the Origin of Species . 1859 ( article ).