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Assertion: Mule is an examle of interspecific hybrid.Reason: Mule produced by cross between male donkey and female horse.
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An interspecific hybrid is a crossbreed between two different species. A mule is a hybrid animal that is produced when a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare) are bred together. Show more…
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Mule is produced by cross-breeding (a) Male horse and female horse (b) Male donkey and female horse (c) Female donkey and male horse (d) Male donkey and female donkey
Mule is obtained by crossing A. Female donkey and male horse B. Male donkey and female horse C. Female horse and Male horse D. Male donkey and Female donkey
A mule is the offspring of a horse and a donkey. A donkey sperm contains 31 chromosomes and a horse egg cell contains 32 chromosomes, so the zygote contains a total of 63 chromosomes. The zygote develops normally. The combined set of chromosomes is not a problem in mitosis, and the mule combines some of the best characteristics of horses and donkeys. However, a mule is sterile; meiosis cannot occur normally in its testes (or ovaries). Explain why mitosis is normal in cells containing both horse and donkey chromosomes but the mixed set of chromosomes interferes with meiosis.
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