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Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Choose the correct statement.

A. Members belonging to a particular species interbreed to produce fertile offspring.
B. Cross between a donkey and a horse gives rise to a fertile mule.
C. A mule is sterile and cannot reproduce.
D. Both the horse and the donkey belong to the same species.

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Ans. - A. Members belonging to a particular species interbreed to produce fertile offspring.

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Which one of the following is the correct statement about the respective animal(s)?

(a) Donkey and horse should be considered one single species because they can successfully mate and produce an offspring.

(b) Donkey and horse are two different genera.

(c) Mule is a separate species.

(d) Mule is neither a donkey nor a horse.

Q. A horse and a donkey can bread to produce mule which is an infertile animal. The infertility is because horse and donkey belong to different

Q. A donkey and a horse are able to mate and produce an offspring known as a mule. The resultant mule possesses 63 chromosomes in its cells due to the donkey parent having 62 chromosomes and the horse parent having 64. The mule is unable to mate with other mules to produce its own offspring.
Which of the following reproductive isolating mechanisms is operating in this situation?

Q. Horse and donkey belong to the same species.

Q. A cross between a male donkey and female horse produces a mule which is infertile.

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