Question

Which one of the following is the interspecific hybrid variety?
(A) Mule
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Pony
(D) All of these

Answer 1

Hint: Hybrid varieties are the result of cross between two different species that is why it is complety called as interspecific hybrid variety. Basically, in simple words we can say that offspring of two animals from different species is known as a hybrid.

Complete Step by Step Answer:
Cross-species hybridisation or interspecific hybridisation- A form of mating method is interspecific hybridisation. To create useful offspring, this is used to animal breeding. Males and females of two distinct species are bred together in interspecific hybridization. They often belong to the same genus. The mule is an example of an interspecific hybrid that resulted from the union of two separate species—a male donkey and a female horse. The sugarcane plants that are grown now are hybrids, primarily between Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum species. A Shetland stallion and an Appaloosa mare were crossbred to create the pony of the Americas breed of horse. Ponies and horses share the same ancestry and are members of the same species (Equus caballus). Ponies, on the other hand, mature more swiftly than horses and remain little their entire lives. Pony foals are very little at birth and quickly grow to be about the size of their parents.
So, option (D) is correct.


Note: Both mule and hinny are sterile hybrids of horse and donkey, but one reversing the gender of parents we can get mule and hinny. Mule: A female horse and a donkey stallion who have mated. Mules typically have a horse's body with a donkey's head. Hinny: The offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.