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Carrosaur is right, The term hybridization is used when two different species are crossed. Usually the hybrids are infertile as their genotypes are similar not the same, there's too many differences in chromosome sequence and the puzzle pieces don't match up. I'm not sure about Canada geese, they're a whole different genus (Branta), and I've never seen crossed offspring or talked to anyone who had them. The people I talked to who have cygnoides/anser offspring said they never got them to reproduce, so it would be interesting to see someone who has a hybrid that doesI am not up on terms but I was thinking Hybridize was when to different breeds crossed. I am pretty sure Canada goose who breeds with domestic produce sterile goslings.
Carrosaur is right, The term hybridization is used when two different species are crossed. Usually the hybrids are infertile as their genotypes are similar not the same, there's too many differences in chromosome sequence and the puzzle pieces don't match up. I'm not sure about Canada geese, they're a whole different genus (Branta), and I've never seen crossed offspring or talked to anyone who had them. The people I talked to who have cygnoides/anser offspring said they never got them to reproduce, so it would be interesting to see someone who has a hybrid that does
No, I apologize for the confusion! I'm only getting one gosling for my female, so the offspring from that goose (buffs, poms, etc) over my goose (African) would be a hybrid, that's what me and lydia were talking about, the possible pair breedingWere you not talking about the greylags? You said you were thinking of Poms, Buff, etc. I thought you were asking if THEY would "hybridize"?
I've seen both African and Chinese geese listed as Anser cygnoides domesticus, occasionally I see the chinese reccorded as a subspecies/variance (Anser cygnoides domesticus var. orientalis or just anser cygnoides orientalis for short), see this article about split domestication referencing the domestic species http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/10465896The thing is African geese are classified Anser Anser Domesticus and Chinese are classified Anser cygnoides.