If you mate a donkey (2n = 62) with a horse (2n = 64) you get a mule. Mules are sterile and cannot produce gametes by meiosis because they

A. contain too few chromosomes.
B. have an odd number of chromosomes.
C. have an even number of chromosomes.
D. contain too many chromosomes.
E. lack genes that are essential for life.


B. have an odd number of chromosomes.

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