EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Before transgenic animals, farmers practiced selective breeding. An example is crossing a horse with a donkey to produce a:
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Kangaroo.
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Mule.
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Gelding.
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Race horse.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mating between male and female animals of two different species is called interspecific hybridization. The Mule is the best example of a successful cross between two different species, the female horse and the male donkey.
Detailed explanation-2: -They have trouble making sperm or eggs because their chromosomes don’t match up well. And, to a lesser extent, because of their chromosome number. A horse has 64 chromosomes and a donkey has 62. A mule inherits 32 horse chromosomes from mom and 31 donkey chromosomes from dad, for a total of 63 chromosomes.
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