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Is there any animal, closely related to humans that a human can breed with? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Ok, I am not supporting bestiality here. But, I just came to know about a Dogxim, a dog fox hybrid and I had known for a long time that horses and donkeys can breed (to produce a mule). So, I was just curious, can humans breed with any other animals closely related to us?

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[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Where can one read more on the second paragraph?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Uhh, I think there was a Nature article about it. Per the Wikipedia, basically there's just stretches of the X chromosome that are deserts of Neanderthal DNA, because when a Neanderthal allele is present and there isn't a second copy, it's a reproductive dead end and selected out.

Oh, here.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For a specific example, Ozzy Osbourne has some Neanderthal DNA which might possibly explain why he's still alive lol

[–] buran@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most people of non-African origin (a fact that helped pinpoint where the mixing happened and when) have 1-3% or so, the amount varying by person and region.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I think it's up to 10% from what I remember watching in some documentaries.