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Why mule is sterile in nature?

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Mule gets one set of chromosomes (32) from male parent, horse and one set of chromosomes (31) from female parent, donkey. They two sets of chromosomes do not match with each other and cannot produce gametes by meiosis. Hence mule is sterile in nature.
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