Theoretically, the production of sterile mules by interbreeding between female horses and male donkeys should

A) result in the extinction of one of the two parental species.
B) cause convergent evolution.
C) reinforce postzygotic barriers between horses and donkeys.
D) weaken the intrinsic reproductive barriers between horses and donkeys.
E) eventually result in the formation of a single species from the two parental species.


Answer: C) reinforce postzygotic barriers between horses and donkeys.

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