When one sex of first-generation hybrids is absent, rare or sterile, it tends to be the heterogametic sex. This predicts a sex bias within crosses, rather than a universal difference in isolation between birds and mammals.[ref]
Sex ratio and unisexual sterility in hybrid animals by J. B. S. Haldane. Journal of Genetics 12, pp. 101–109
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