[corrosive_limes]

Congrats Immy! I was really hoping to win him, but congratulations! May i have a breeding with my mare, Nutcracker? I can link you to her if you want.

[urie]

Congratulations, immy. Oh well, I guess it's better look next time for me xD

[SerenWish]

Congrats Immy! I was really hoping to win him, but congratulations! May i have a breeding with my mare, Nutcracker? I can link you to her if you want.

Just realize that the baby will be a normal horse of sorts, not a prezwalski. :3 The only way you could get one of those is either from an adopt or if you bred two of the current ones. XD

[ImmyWimmy1]

NB- For the moment all of my horses are closed for breedings. I'm currently going through a rather stressful time and I would rather get things sorted out, both on here and in real life, before agreeing to anything.

Thank you for being understanding, everyone. Now I have to try and reply to the 30 unanswered PMs in my inbox! ^^'

[Penultima]

NB- For the moment all of my horses are closed for breedings. I'm currently going through a rather stressful time and I would rather get things sorted out, both on here and in real life, before agreeing to anything.

Thank you for being understanding, everyone. Now I have to try and reply to the 30 unanswered PMs in my inbox! ^^'

Please note: Because of the large genetic difference, any offspring from a prezwalski will be infertile, like a mule.

[ImmyWimmy1]

Foals from breeding these two together do result in fertile offspring, however, due to the odd number of chromosomes (65), future breedings have less chromosomes and show little resemblance to the Przewalski's horse.

The offspring can be fertile- sub-species can interbreed and have fertile offspring, it's just fully-separate species that can't (i.e. donkeys x horses). ^^'

[Penultima]

Foals from breeding these two together do result in fertile offspring, however, due to the odd number of chromosomes (65), future breedings have less chromosomes and show little resemblance to the Przewalski's horse.

The offspring can be fertile- sub-species can interbreed and have fertile offspring, it's just fully-separate species that can't (i.e. donkeys x horses). ^^'

Alright, I just thought I read that someone. I could be wrong though.

[ImmyWimmy1]

It's Ok! I thought the same thing, until I researched into it!

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Just for those who are interested, I found some more sources for fertile offspring:

Hybrids between the Equus caballus (domestic horse) and Equus przewalskii (Przewalski horse), a primitve wild species, are fertile despite their differing chromosome numbers (66 for the Przewalski horse, 64 for the domestic horse).

Although the different chromosomal number genetically separates Przewalski's horse from the domestic horse, the two have been known to interbreed with each other and to produce fertile offspring (Short et al. 1974).

(NB- the source above was taken from a scientific journal paper, a form of text that I've been analysing at Uni! )

They further point out that while crosses between the Przewalski and domestic horses result in a fertile hybrid, the offspring has 65 chromosomes. Subsequent crosses result in 64 chromosomes and bear little resemblance to the Przewalski.

Yeah, I'm a horse genetics nerd. What can I say?

[SerenWish]

They'd be fertile, but do you think they'd be at risk for genetic health issues, since they have a difference in chromosomes? :3 Just a thought. (I enjoy discussing genetics. XD)

[ImmyWimmy1]

They'd be fertile, but do you think they'd be at risk for genetic health issues, since they have a difference in chromosomes? :3 Just a thought. (I enjoy discussing genetics. XD)

Hmm, that could be possible. However crossing the Prezwalski horse with the Konik horse (or pony), in order to replicate the phenotype (appearance) of the now-extinct Tarpan breed, has proven a moderate success so far. I don't believe any genetic disorders have been found yet...