Assertion: mule | /r/HasProperty | sterile
Facets:
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: almost always
type: DEGREE
value: for the most part
type: DEGREE
value: like hinnies
type: OTHER
value: between jack
type: LOCATION
value: between a female horse
type: LOCATION
value: between a male donkey
type: LOCATION
value: due to an uneven chromosome count
type: CAUSE
value: further
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Mules are sterile due to an uneven chromosome count.
text: Donkey is a fertile animal while a mule is a sterile one.
text: A mule is a sterile cross between a male donkey, or jack, and a female horse.
text: The main difference between donkey and mule is that donkey is a fertile mammal whereas mule is a sterile mammal.
text: Donkeys have 62 chromosomes, horses 64, while mules have uneven number of chromosomes: 63, which is why they are sterile.
text: Mules can be either male or female and are often sterile.
text: Mules can be either male or female and are often sterile.
text: Mules are usually sterile.
text: Mules and hinnies are almost always sterile because the two species have a different number of chromosomes (donkeys have 62 chromosomes, horses have 64).
text: The mule is sterile.
text: Both mules and hinnies are nearly always sterile.
text: Mules and hinnies are virtually always sterile, but male mules should be gelded (castrated) to keep them tractable.
text: Mules (donkey/horse hybrids) are sterile.
text: Mules and hinnies are sterile, but they are stronger and larger than donkey (hence, better "workers").
text: Mules and hinnies are almost always sterile because the two species have a different number of chromosomes (donkeys have 62 chromosomes, horses have 64).
text: Mules are sterile (they cannot produce offspring), but both males and females show some normal sexual characteristics and behavior (ex.
text: The inability to breed mules is realistic - in real life, as with many hybrids, mules are generally sterile.
text: Mules are not considered an independent hybrid species because they are normally sterile while donkeys are their own species.
text: Further, mules are sterile and cannot reproduce.
text: Mules and hinnies are virtually always sterile, but male mules should be gelded (castrated) to keep them tractable.
text: Mules are sterile while donkeys can reproduce normally.
text: For the most part, mules are sterile, although there have been a few recorded examples of female mules bearing live young.
text: Like other inter-species hybrids, mules and hinnies are usually sterile.
text: As a result, mules are sterile, although there have been rare instances where female (molly) mules have given birth when bred by a donkey jack.
text: Mules are almost always sterile.
text: Most mules are sterile because they have 63 chromosomes (Hiskey).
text: and, like hinnies, mules are sterile.
text: So this is a big reason for a mule being sterile.
text: So mules are sterile because horse and donkey chromosomes are just too different.
text: Because they are hybrid animals, mules are generally sterile.
text: Because mules themselves are sterile, mule breeders maintain stocks of horses and donkeys to breed with, taking note of particularly good crosses and replicating them.
text: Mules are also sterile.
text: Mules are sterile (they cannot produce offspring), but both males and females show some normal sexual characteristics and behavior (ex.
text: They are sterile, which the game simulates by making all mules male, though female mules do exist.