We would like to know some information about this animal and whether it is genderless or productive.
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). A horse has 64 chromosomes, and a donkey has 62. The mule ends up with 63. Mules can be either male or female, but, because of the odd number of chromosomes, they can't reproduce.
Mules are a cross between a female horse and a male donkey. Since mules are cross between species, therefore they are not fertile. Mule is an ideal example of "hybrid vigour".
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-mules-sterile
A mule is a product of marriage between horse and donkey. Horse represents female while, donkey represents male. Mules can be considered either female or male ( androgyne or bisexual ), therefor they can not reproduce.
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). A horse has 64 chromosomes, and a donkey has 62. The mule ends up with 63. Mules can be either male or female, but, because of the odd number of chromosomes, they can't reproduce.
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البغال هي حيوانات هجينة نتيجة لتزاوج الـفرس والـحمار اكتسبت العديد من صفاتهما المميزة ؛ فللبغل صبر الحمار وقوة الفرس. و للبغال عامة مقاومة عالية للأمراض ولكنها عقيمة ولا يمكنهاالتناسل.
A mule (63 chromosomes) is the offspring of a male donkey (62 chromosomes) and a female horse (64 chromosomes). No pairing of chromosomes = infertile. (few exceptions mentioned in the literature on the subject. Mules are either male or female.
The mule is a hybrid animal produced by mating mares and donkey male has acquired many of their distinctive qualities; let the patience of the heat and the strength of the horse. Mules generally have high disease resistance but are sterile and can not reproduce.
The reason for the inability of mules to reproduce is that the number of horse chromosomes is 64 and the number of donkey chromosomes is 62
The number of mules chromosomes is 63, which means that the mule is a small chromosome and this fertilization is difficult even for humans
Sometimes the natural cause of infertility is that chromosomes are low
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I agree with Arvind Singh answers, Mules are a cross between a female horse and a male donkey. Since mules are cross between species, therefore they are not fertile. Mule is an ideal example of "hybrid vigour".
A mule can be a male or female which is sterile as it is produced through hybridization of male donkey and female horse and have unique qualities different from their parents.
Mule is a hybrid animal resulting from the mating between the male donkey and the female horse ... But the advantage known to the mules that they are all sterile, that the Mule does not give birth and the mule is able to have sex but without fertilizing the egg female.
A mule can either be a female or a male.
However most mules are sterile.
Mules have 63 chromosomes obtained from their Donkey male parent (2n=62) and their female Horse parent (2n=64).
However female mules have been reported to have successfully crossed with male horses or donkeys.
There are few reported cases though.
A Mule is an hybrid sterile male or female animal that is produced by hybridization of a male donkey and a female horse, with unique characteristics different from their parents.
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