Question

What do you mean by inter -specific crossing and inter- generic crossing

Answer 1

Interspecific breeding involves hybridized involving different species of same gene.

Example :

Cross breeding between a male donkey and a female horse.


Inter generic crossing involves hybridized involving different generations.

Example :

A crossbreed of Sheep and goat.

Answer 2

Answer:

Interspecific crossing:

• A type of cross breeding which involves the crossing between two “different species” of the same genus.
• For example: Mule (the offspring of mare and male donkey) and Hinny (the offspring of horse and female donkey). Both are sterile. In few cases, such as Tigon (the offspring of “male tiger and female lion”) and Liger (the offspring of “male lion and female tiger”), are fertile too.

Inter-generic crossing:

• A type of “cross breeding” which involves the crossing between two different genera. Some plants show this type of breeding.