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Crossbreeding animals

ItwasLupus

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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:17 pm

I want your opinion, do you think it is possible to make a career out of creating unholy crossbred creatures? (Ex: Liger, Mule Ect.)

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:01 pm

The field is open.
With the advancement in genetic research, your scientific lovechild from different species gets ever closer to becoming a reality.
The unfortunite side-effect is that the hybrid will not be able to reproduce more hybrids.

Labtech Soosh

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SirKirbance

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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:14 am

What I remember from biology is that the biggest barrier in crossing species that are not closely related is that these animals may have different numbers of chromosome. If chromosomes don't pair properly there can be no cell devision, which means the hybrid cannot grow, develop, or reproduce.

As mentioned above, however, with increased technology species may be altered by genetic manipulation by inserting specific genes from one species into the chromosomes of another, However since genes interact in complex ways this is kind of a shot-in-the-dark approach that may yield unpredictable results.

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