The FoodOn Food Ontology

Last uploaded: July 12, 2024
Preferred Name

mule
Synonyms
Definitions

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny (the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey). All male mules and most female mules are infertile.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03412093

database_cross_reference

http://www.langual.org/langual_thesaurus.asp?termid=B2093

definition_source

WIKIPEDIA:Mule

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000428

has synonym

equus asinus x equus caballus

label

mule

prefixIRI

FOODON:03412093

prefLabel

mule

textual definition

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny (the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey). All male mules and most female mules are infertile.

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03411229

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_02021535

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