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The '''yakalo''' is a cross of the [[yak]] (''Bos grunniens'') and the [[American bison]] (''Bison bison'', known as a buffalo in North America). It was produced by [[hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]isation experiments in the 1920s, when crosses were made between yak bulls and both pure bison cows and [[Beefalo|bison-cattle hybrid cows]].<ref>Deakin, A, Muir, G W, Smith, A G (1935). "Hybridization of domestic cattle, bison and yak. Report of Wainwright experiment". ''Publication 479, Technical Bulletin 2'', Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; cited in: Zhang, R. C. [http://www.ivis.org/advances/Zhao/zhang3/IVIS.pdf "Interspecies Hybridization between Yak, ''Bos taurus'' and ''Bos indicus'' and Reproduction of the Hybrids"] (14 Dec 2000). In: ''Recent Advances in Yak Reproduction'', Zhao X.X. and Zhang R.C. (Eds.). International Veterinary Information Service.</ref> As with many other inter-specific crosses, only female hybrids were found to be fertile ([[Haldane's rule]]). Few of the hybrids survived, and the experiments were discontinued in 1928.<ref>Deakin, A, Muir, G W, Smith, A G (1935). "Hybridization of domestic cattle, bison and yak. Report of Wainwright experiment". ''Publication 479, Technical Bulletin 2'', Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; cited in: Weiner, Gerald (2003). [http://www.tistr.or.th/RAP/publication/2003/AD347E00.pdf ''The Yak, Second Edition''], FAO RAP Publication, pp. 18, 338.</ref>
The '''yakalo''' is a cross of the [[yak]] (''Bos grunniens'') and the [[American bison]] (''Bos bison'', known as a buffalo in North America). It was produced by [[hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]isation experiments in the 1920s, when crosses were made between yak bulls and both pure bison cows and [[Beefalo|bison-cattle hybrid cows]].<ref>Deakin, A, Muir, G W, Smith, A G (1935). "Hybridization of domestic cattle, bison and yak. Report of Wainwright experiment". ''Publication 479, Technical Bulletin 2'', Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; cited in: Zhang, R. C. [http://www.ivis.org/advances/Zhao/zhang3/IVIS.pdf "Interspecies Hybridization between Yak, ''Bos taurus'' and ''Bos indicus'' and Reproduction of the Hybrids"] (14 Dec 2000). In: ''Recent Advances in Yak Reproduction'', Zhao X.X. and Zhang R.C. (Eds.). International Veterinary Information Service.</ref> As with many other inter-specific crosses, only female hybrids were found to be fertile ([[Haldane's rule]]). Few of the hybrids survived, and the experiments were discontinued in 1928.<ref>Deakin, A, Muir, G W, Smith, A G (1935). "Hybridization of domestic cattle, bison and yak. Report of Wainwright experiment". ''Publication 479, Technical Bulletin 2'', Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; cited in: Weiner, Gerald (2003). [http://www.tistr.or.th/RAP/publication/2003/AD347E00.pdf ''The Yak, Second Edition''], FAO RAP Publication, pp. 18, 338.</ref>


==See also==
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Revision as of 01:17, 6 October 2023

Yakalo
Domesticated
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Subtribe: Bovina
Genus: Bos
Species:
B. grunniens × B. bison

The yakalo is a cross of the yak (Bos grunniens) and the American bison (Bos bison, known as a buffalo in North America). It was produced by hybridisation experiments in the 1920s, when crosses were made between yak bulls and both pure bison cows and bison-cattle hybrid cows.[1] As with many other inter-specific crosses, only female hybrids were found to be fertile (Haldane's rule). Few of the hybrids survived, and the experiments were discontinued in 1928.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Deakin, A, Muir, G W, Smith, A G (1935). "Hybridization of domestic cattle, bison and yak. Report of Wainwright experiment". Publication 479, Technical Bulletin 2, Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; cited in: Zhang, R. C. "Interspecies Hybridization between Yak, Bos taurus and Bos indicus and Reproduction of the Hybrids" (14 Dec 2000). In: Recent Advances in Yak Reproduction, Zhao X.X. and Zhang R.C. (Eds.). International Veterinary Information Service.
  2. ^ Deakin, A, Muir, G W, Smith, A G (1935). "Hybridization of domestic cattle, bison and yak. Report of Wainwright experiment". Publication 479, Technical Bulletin 2, Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; cited in: Weiner, Gerald (2003). The Yak, Second Edition, FAO RAP Publication, pp. 18, 338.
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