If mule is an offspring of a horse and a donkey, what would the offspring of mule x mule would look like? Would it look more like a horse or a donkey? Or is it impossible to breed a mule with a mule?
2007-02-10 10:51:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Like others have said, mules are hybrids and usually sterile.
However, there have been documented cases of fertile mules. In those cases, the animal in question hybridated with either a horse or a donkey, and the descendants were more or less horse-like or donkey-like.
Here's a scientific publication documenting some of these cases:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1291415&blobtype=pdf
I don't know if anybody has attempted the mule x mule cross (especially because the fertile mules I've heard of are all females, and have been fertilized by male donkeys/horses). If it were possible, their offspring would have unique characteristics. This is because the karyotypes (chromosomes) of mules are hybrid (heterogeneous combinations of horse and donkey chromosomes); the descendants would have more diverse combinations, and probably differ from each other.
2007-02-10 11:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by Calimecita 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
A mule is the offspring of a woman horse and a male donkey; in case you have been to circulate a Miniature Horse and a miniature donkey, you will get a miniature mule, that's fairly common. And the offspring of a woman donkey and a male horse is a hinny. Mules would desire to be considered a separate breed, yet they're greater of a hybrid.
2016-11-03 02:37:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a horse and a donkey are crossed you get a mule whi is generally sterile. The male is a jack and the female a jenny
2007-02-10 11:01:47 · answer #3 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you breed a male donkey(jack) with a female horse(mare) you get a mule. If you breed a male horse(stallion) with a female donkey(jenny) you get a hinnie. All male mules and hinnies are sterile( incapable of reproduction). 1 in 1 million female mules/hinnies are born fertile. this is very very rare. so you can't breed a mule or hinnie to another mule or hinnie.
2007-02-10 14:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by Bio-student Again(aka nursegirl) 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A mule is the offspring of a horse and someone from the Jerry Springer show. If you mate a mule and a mule you will get ozzy Osbourne's kids.
2007-02-10 10:55:40 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Barker 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
mules are sterile so there is no possibility of offsprings of a mule and mule
2007-02-10 16:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
99.9% of mules are sterile. The rare one that is not, if it mated with another mule, would be a mule.
2007-02-10 10:53:41 · answer #7 · answered by Lost in Erehwon 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible. All the offsrping are sterile because the chromosmes of the two parents don't make a perfect match.
2007-02-10 10:53:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mules cannot reproduce.
2007-02-10 10:54:33 · answer #9 · answered by Paul 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep their sterile
2007-02-10 10:53:28 · answer #10 · answered by walter_b_marvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋