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Ch. 10 - Eukaryotic Chromosome Abnormalities and Molecular Organization

Chapter 10, Problem 9

Mating between a male donkey (2n=62) and a female horse (2n=64) produces sterile mules. Recently, however, a very rare event occurred—a female mule gave birth to an offspring by mating with a horse.

Why is it very unlikely that the offspring will have fully horse-like genetic characteristics?

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