Answered

Looking for trustworthy answers? Westonci.ca is the ultimate Q&A platform where experts share their knowledge on various topics. Discover detailed solutions to your questions from a wide network of experts on our comprehensive Q&A platform. Explore comprehensive solutions to your questions from a wide range of professionals on our user-friendly platform.

Horses and zebras can be bred to produce a zorse, which is sterile. Which is most likely the reason zebras and horses are considered separate species?


Sagot :

Because they cannot breed together to provide fertile offspring. (If their children cannot have children they are most likely to be considered separate species)

For an organism to be considered as same species, it is important that their progeny can mate and produce viable offspring for generations. In this case, the mating of zebra and horse does not produce a fertile offspring, hence, their offspring cannot produce future generation, so, they cannot considered to be in same species.

Moreover, there are difference in the number of chromosome in between zebra and horse, and the zorse's number of chromosome is also different from the zebra and horse. In a species, the number of chromosomes must be same, so, this is also a factor, why they are not considered as a same species.

We hope this was helpful. Please come back whenever you need more information or answers to your queries. We appreciate your time. Please revisit us for more reliable answers to any questions you may have. Your questions are important to us at Westonci.ca. Visit again for expert answers and reliable information.