Diseases associated with this genus include : partial sterility due to ovarian abnormalities or to testicular degeneration; can be asymptomatic in laboratory colonies.
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The plant's partial sterility was suggestive of a hybrid origin, though no two parent species have been found with an obvious affinity to " Salvia divinorum ".
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The " OdsH " ( abbreviation of " Odysseus " ) gene causes partial sterility in the hybrid between " Drosophila simulans " and a related species, " D . mauritiana ", which is only encountered on Mauritius, and is of recent origin.