Isn't there s*x differentiation of male and female in mules? Can they reproduce themselves?

Question

Isn't there s*x differentiation of male and female in mules? Can they reproduce themselves?

Answer 1

no, they are not worms, there are mules, and mulets,

Answer 2

Mules and hinnies are sterile.  The sterility is attributed to the differing number of chromosomes of the two species: donkeys have 62 chromosomes, whereas horses have 64.

Answer 3

idk if you can breed a mule because isn't a mule a cross between a horse and a donkey?

Answer 4

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and female horse (the offspring of a male horse and female donkey is called a hinny). Of course you get male mules and female mules, but they cannot reproduce themselves - like most hybrids, they are nearly always sterile. This is because their parents had different numbers of chromosomes - mules are unable to produce viable sperm or eggs. Very rarely, a female will be fertile, and can be bred back to a horse or donkey, but males are always sterile, so you could never breed a mule with another mule.

Answer 5

Yes, there are male mules (stallions) and female mules (mares).There has never been a recorded case of a mule stallion siring offspring, they are always infertile. There have been about 60 cases of female mules giving birth, sometimes impregnated by a donkey, other times by a horse. There have been quite a few mixed results from these births, from 100% horse (usual with a horse sire and usually male) to 75% donkey/25% horse to mules (usual with a donkey sire - sometimes male sometimes female).

BTW: A "Hinny" (donkey mother, horse sire) is the reverse of a mule. Only one recorded case of a female hinny giving birth - to a "previously undocumented combination".

Answer 6

No they can't reproduce themselves - they are one (I think) chromosome short so they can't produce offspring - due to the chromosomes not being able to match up or something?? Can't quite recall..

Answer 7

there is a male and a female. they cannot reproduce asexually

Answer 8

yes just look under them