(January 16, 2015 at 1:51 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: I prefer geeps over mules or ligers for an example of different species mating. A geep is the popular term for the offspring of a sheep and a goat. Not only are sheep and goats separate species, but they are a separate genus with a different number of chromosomes. Sheep belong to the genus Ovis and have 54 chromosomes, while goats belong to the genus Capra and have 60 chromosomes. Sheep and Goats are genetically more different than humans and chimps. While this doesn't mean that a natural human chimp hybrid is possible it does demonstrate that the difference in human chimp chromosomes doesn't mean that it is not possible.
Wow, I hadn't heard of geeps. The fault-tolerance of DNA is amazing.