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It is an example of an animal whose parents are of different species, normally Equus asinus x E. caballus, or the other way around (which is usually called a hinny). All male mules are sterile, as are other male mammalian hybrids. The females can produce foals if stimulated to ovulate.

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Example of hybrid sterility?

One example of hybrid sterility is the mule, which is a hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Mules are typically sterile because they often inherit an uneven number of chromosomes from each parent, leading to difficulties in the production of viable gametes. This genetic incompatibility results in the mule's inability to reproduce.


Example of post-zygotic barrier?

Post-zygotic barriers are reproductive barriers that occur after fertilization, such as hybrid inviability or hybrid sterility. An example of a post-zygotic barrier is when a hybrid offspring fails to develop properly or is unable to reproduce, reducing the fitness of the hybrid offspring.


Does a horse and a mule make a donkey?

yes, the offspring would be a mule, hybrid.


Is a mule another name for a donkey?

A mule is an infertile hybrid of a donkey and a horse.


Which animal cross between horse and donkey?

The answer to that question is a mule. The mule is used to pull carts, and used on farms. The mule cannot reproduce, it's genes are unbalanced. It has more horse gene combinations then donkey combo's.


What is hybrid biology?

Mixing desirable traits in one purebred plant with another one purebred plant that has another desirable trait. The result is a hybrid. For example: in animals, a cross between a donkey and a horse produces a mule.


Horse is to mule as obedient is to stubborn?

Correct! A mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey, similar to how stubborn is an opposite trait to obedient.


Is a mule a tetrad?

No a mule is not a tetrad, this is due to the fact that the mule has 63 chromosomes. Mules are a hybrid between the horse and the donkey, and are unable to reproduce due to the uneven number of chromosomes.


What is crossbreed?

To produce a hybrid animal by breeding two animals of different species. For example, crossbreeding a male donkey with a female horse will produce a mule. To hybridize. Hybridization


What are some examples of reduced hybrid fertility?

Examples of reduced hybrid fertility include the mule, which is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse. Mules are typically sterile. Another example is the liger, a hybrid between a male lion and a female tiger, which tends to have reduced fertility.


What is a muel?

A mule is a hybrid offspring from the mating of a female horse and a male donkey.


A mule is prezygotic or postzygotic?

The mule would be considered postzygotic. This is because of the usually sterile reproductive traits that are commonly associated with being a hybrid.