{"id":655,"date":"2023-10-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=655"},"modified":"2023-10-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T10:00:00","slug":"67-mythological-hybrids-and-chromosome-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=655","title":{"rendered":"67- Mythological Hybrids and Chromosome Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-655-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3d2240d8\/podcast\/play\/76909373\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-9-7%2F510f243b-9cbf-a99f-eafb-a9c33ba60a1c.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3d2240d8\/podcast\/play\/76909373\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-9-7%2F510f243b-9cbf-a99f-eafb-a9c33ba60a1c.mp3\">https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/3d2240d8\/podcast\/play\/76909373\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-9-7%2F510f243b-9cbf-a99f-eafb-a9c33ba60a1c.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>A throwaway comment on Big Bang Theory got me thinking- could hybrid animals such as the griffin and the hippogriff be possible from a biological viewpoint? Using these two examples, we will explore the chromosome number of hybrid animals and see what it means for our mythical friends&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sources for this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ewart, J. C. (1910), Are Mules Fertile? Nature 2143(85): 106.<\/li>\n<li>Geldenhuys, M. E. (1989), Die kariotipering van di lieu (<em>Panthera leo<\/em>). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 60(1): 41-49.<\/li>\n<li>Johnson, F. (1976), Mythical Beasts Coloring Book. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Mead, D., Ogden, R., Meredith, A., Peniche, G., Smith, M., Corton, C., Oliver, K., Skelton, J., Betteridge, E., Doulcan; J., Holmes, N., Wright, V., Loose, M., Quail, M. A., McCarthy, S. A., Howe, K.,Chow, W., Torrance, J., Collins, J., Challis, R., Durbin, R. and Blatter, M. (2021), The genome sequence of the European golden eagle, <em>Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos<\/em> Linnaeus 1758 (version 1; peer review: 3 approved). Wellcome Open Research 6: 112.<\/li>\n<li>Rodriguez, M., Understanding Genetics, The Tech Interactive (2007), Chimeras, Mosaics, and Other Fun Stuff: Why can&#039;t mules breed? I understand that a horse and a donkey make a mule but why can&#039;t 2 mules have a baby mule? (online) (Accessed 29\/07\/2023).<\/li>\n<li>Rosen, B. (2009), Mythical Creatures Bible: The Definitive Guide to Legendary Beings. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Ryder, O. A. (1993), Przewalski`s Horse: Prospects for Reintroduction into the Wild. Conservation Biology 7(1): 13-15.<\/li>\n<li>Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Golden eagle (online) (Accessed 20\/07\/2023).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A throwaway comment on Big Bang Theory got me thinking- could hybrid animals such as the griffin and the hippogriff be possible from a biological viewpoint? Using these two examples, we will explore the chromosome number of hybrid animals and see what it means for our mythical friends&#8230; Sources for this episode: Ewart, J. C. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/?p=655\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;67- Mythological Hybrids and Chromosome Count&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biopedia.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}