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Yes, because of a mule's odd number of chromosomes it is considered infertile, although female mules, rarely, can give birth to a mule if it has mated with a pure-bred horse or donkey.
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What is the relative fitness of a sterile mule?
All male mules are completely sterile and most females effectively sub-fertile. This has no effect on fitness.
What is the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse called?
That is a mule.
What two animals are the parents of a mule?
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
A mule is not sterile?
A male mule is always sterile, however , rarely, a female mule will be able to reproduce.
Can a female and male mule make a baby mule?
No, male mules are infertile (sterile). Most female mules are also infertile, but about one in a million female mules (and other true hybrids) are fertile. There have been about 40 recorded cases of female mule fertility in the past 100 years, the last few (since the 1980s) verified by DNA. A few years ago a female mule in Morocco gave birth, and also a mare mule in Colorado. The foals were sired by donkeys. There has never been a recorded case of a verified fertile male mule.
What mule or donkey is sterile?
A male mule is always sterile, female mules can rarely be fertile, and unless there is something wrong with the donkey they are fertile.
What is the relative fitness of a sterile mule?
All male mules are completely sterile and most females effectively sub-fertile. This has no effect on fitness.
What is relative fitness of a sterile mule?
All male mules are completely sterile and most females effectively sub-fertile. This has no effect on fitness.
What is the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse called?
That is a mule.
What is the term for 'specie'?
'species' is an organism that can produce fertile offspring through reproduction (with the same species) Do not confuse mule as a species because it can produce fertile offsping when bred with a horse, a mule would ahve to produce fertile offspring when mating with another mule inorder to be classed as a species.
What is a father mule called?
The name for a male mule is a Jack.
What does the french word mule mean?
A molly (female) mule. The term for a male mule is 'mulet'.
If a donkey and a horse mate a sterile mule may be produced?
A mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse and they are usually sterile. This is typically a female horse and male donkey and it should, theoretically, strengthen postzygotic barriers between horses and donkeys. It is a hybrid sterility type of reproductive barrier.
What two animals are the parents of a mule?
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
Is a mule a male?
There are both male and female mules.
A mule is not sterile?
A male mule is always sterile, however , rarely, a female mule will be able to reproduce.
When a male horse breeds with a female donkey you get the reverse of a mule What do you get?
Hinny
