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Background  The ability to eliminate a parental genome from a eukaryotic germ cell is a phenomenon observed mostly in hybrid organisms displaying an alternative propagation to sexual reproduction. For most taxa, the underlying cellular pathways and timing of the elimination process is only poorly understood. In the water frog hybrid  Pelophylax esculentus  (parental taxa are  P. ridibundus  and  P. lessonae ) the only described mechanism assumes that one parental genome is excluded from the germline during metamorphosis and prior to meiosis, while only second genome enters meiosis after endoreduplication. Our study of hybrids from a  P. ridibundus — P. esculentus -male populations known for its production of more types of gametes shows that hybridogenetic mechanism of genome elimination is not uniform.    Results  Using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) on mitotic and meiotic cell stages, we identified at least two pathways of meiotic mechanisms. One type of  Pelophylax esculentus  males provides supporting evidence of a premeiotic elimination of one parental genome. In several other males we record the presence of both parental genomes in the late phases of meiotic prophase I (diplotene) and metaphase I.    Conclusion  Some  P. esculentus  males have no genome elimination from the germ line prior to meiosis. Considering previous cytological and experimental evidence for a formation of both  ridibundus  and  lessonae  sperm within a single  P. esculentus  individual, we propose a hypothesis that genome elimination from the germline can either be postponed to the meiotic stages or absent altogether in these hybrids.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12863-016-0408-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Is premeiotic genome elimination an exclusive mechanism for hemiclonal reproduction in hybrid males of the genus Pelophylax?