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Do organisms have to be the the same species in order to breed and produce offspring?
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No, organisms of different species can breed and produce offspring. Donkeys and horses can breed and produce mules but mules cannot produce offspring.
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Can you breed brother donkey to sister donkey?
Yes they only breed with their breed.The above is only partly true. A donkey is a breed, or species (Equuis asines), It, therefore, can breed true - that is, a male and a female donkey will produce another donkey.However, a donkey can interbreed with a horse as follows:A female horse (mare), and a male donkey will produce a mule.A male horse (stallion), and a female donkey will produce a hinny.
Why is a mule not a donkey?
Mules cannot belong to a species of their own because they are sterile hybrids, but they do belong to both of the species that horses and donkeys belong to. These species are Equus caballus and Equus asinus.
Why are horse and donkeys not the same species?
Donkeys and horses are not from the same species because of this: In sexual organisms, two organisms belong to the same species if they are able to breed and have fertile offspring. Although horses and donkeys can have mules, they are infertile, so they are two separate species and the mule is a hybrid.
If you breed a male donkey to a female pony what do you call the offspring?
a donkony?
What is the conclusion of donkey and horse?
When a donkey and a horse breed, the offspring will be called a Mule. Due to the uneven number of chromosomes the offspring will be sterile.
Can Organisms be from the same species in order to breed and produce offspring?
no
What group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring?
A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring which can themselves mate is called a species.
What is a population of organisms that an breed with each other and produce fertile offspring?
A species.
Why can members of a species breed and produce fertile offspring?
They produce offspring so that organisms species doesn't become extinct!
Organisms must be of the same species in order to breed and produce offspring?
No it is not true.....The offspring of a horse and a donkey is a mule
Can a cat and human breed?
They are different species. Feline and a canine animals can not mate, and produce offspring.
Members of the same species will be expected to?
Members of the same species can breed and produce viable offspring that will, when mated with others of the same species, also produce viable offspring.
Do organisms need to be the same specie to breed nd produce its offspring?
Yes
What is a group of similar organisms in a genus that can reproduce more of their own kind?
This might be thought of as a species if the group indicated was large enough to include all of the potential members that can breed and produce viable fertile offspring. This would mean that animals which can breed and produce infertile offspring such as horses and donkeys which can mate and produce offspring are not of the same species. This situation would be within the bounds of the question. When a group which is of one species but is of limited such a limited population that the only can breed with a small number of individuals and produce a fertile offspring it would be described as a bottlenecked population. This can lead to severe genetic drift in that population.
A group of organisms that can breed together?
Nearly all living things produce fertile offspring, otherwise they wouldn't be here in the first place.
What species are?
Species is a group of living things that are so closely related that they can breed with one another and produce offspring that can breed as well.
