What do you get when two different species mate?

Answer 1

normally nothing will happen because the chromozones wont match up like a fish and a turtle say the turtle has 35 chromozones and the fish has 49 it just wouldn't match up their would be 14 left over comozones

Answer 2

The term species is, in part, a definition of two classes of animals which cannot produce fertile offspring. If the two species are very different, they will not be able to produce any offspring. This is due to these animals having differing numbers of chromosome pairs. The gender of the parents is significant as well. A female horse mated with a male donkey will produce a mule. A male horse mated with a female donkey will produce a hinny. In this case, all (male) mules are infertile, and most (female) hinnys are as well. The same is true for Tygons and Ligers (mating lions and tigers).

If you were to breed two very different animals (e.g. a frog and a fox), you would get no result. The drastically differing chromosome count and genetics make it impossible for fertilization, and therefore embryonic development to occur.

Answer 3

When two different species mate, their offspring are known as hybrids. Hybrids inherit traits from both parents, resulting in a unique combination of characteristics. However, hybrids are often infertile and may not be able to reproduce.

Answer 4

nothing, two different species cannot mate