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Subject: Re: Life imitates art?
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Date: Fri, 22-May-87 16:27:21 EDT
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Summary: Other crossbreeds

In article <1664@tekcrl.TEK.COM>, terryl@tekcrl.TEK.COM writes:
> In article <6693@allegra.UUCP> atd@allegra.UUCP (Anton Dahbura) writes:
> >
> >      ITALIAN SCIENTISTS CONFIRM APEMAN CAN BE CREATED
> 
> with humans and the chimps sharing about 99% of the same genetic material".


Does anybody know the details of other crossbred animals? Isn't a mule 
actually a crossbreed between a horse and a donkey? Haven't there been
crossbreeds between a dog and a wolf or a horse and a zebra?

I've heard of several species of animals that have been crossbred. The 
product is defined as a crossbreed and not a new species because it is
sterile (one of the requirement for an animal to be declared a new species
is that it must be able to reproduce).

I would be interested in hearing about actual cases of crossbreeds from
different species.

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Robert A. Novo 			AT&T Bell Laboratories
ihnp4!ihlpa!novo		Naperville, IL 60566