Editing Hybrid (biology) (section)

===Expression of parental traits===
[[File:Exotic Pheasant (400938368).jpg|thumb|Hybrid between [[Lady Amherst's pheasant]] (''Chrysolophus amherstiae'') and another species, probably [[golden pheasant]] (''Chrysolophus pictus'')]]

When two distinct types of organisms breed with each other, the resulting hybrids typically have intermediate traits (e.g., one plant parent has red flowers, the other has white, and the hybrid, pink flowers).<ref name="M2006">{{cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Eugene M. |date=2006 |title=Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=16–17}}</ref> Commonly, hybrids also combine traits seen only separately in one parent or the other (e.g., a [[bird hybrid]] might combine the yellow head of one parent with the orange belly of the other).<ref name="M2006" />

{{anchor|Interspecific hybrid}}