A zebroid is the sterile hybrid offspring of a horse and a zebra. This is an example of ____.
A) hybrid inviability
B) hybrid sterility
C) allopatric speciation
D) prezygotic reproductive isolation
E) hybrid breakdown

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Hybrid sterility refers to the condition where a hybrid offspring, such as a zebroid (a cross between a horse and a zebra), is unable to reproduce due to genetic differences between the two parent species. This is a postzygotic barrier to reproduction.

A Zebroid Is the Sterile Hybrid Offspring of a Horse