Describe the difference between a true-breeding individual and a hybrid?

Answer 1

If you cross a donkey with a horse (both purebred), you will produce a hybrid. Many are sterile since their genes don't exactly match up. A cross between a male horse (stallion) with a female donkey (called a jenny) will produce a hinny. These have no value to anyone who wants a pack animal. The cross between a donkey (called a jack) and a female horse (called a mare) will produce a mule. A mule makes a very strong pack animal But both the mule and the hinny are infertile. Some crosses don't work at all.

The cross between donkeys produce fertile donkeys and the cross between horses produce fertile horses.

Answer 2

Well, a hybrid is a combination of two (or more) breeds, whereas a pure-blood (or pure-breed) is where both parents are of the same breed to produce an offspring of the same breed.

I hope this helped as to the fact that I made it sound a little confusing.

Answer 3

A true-breeding individual consistently produces offspring with the same traits as the parent when self-pollinated or crossed with another true-breeding individual. In contrast, a hybrid is the result of crossing two genetically different parents and exhibits a combination of traits from each parent.

Answer 4

Well, a hybrid is a combination of two (or more) breeds, whereas a pure-blood (or pure-breed) is where both parents are of the same breed to produce an offspring of the same breed.