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A sheep–goat chimera (sometimes called a geep in popular media [13]) is a chimera produced by combining the embryos of a goat and a sheep; the resulting animal has cells of both sheep and goat origin. A sheep–goat chimera should not be confused with a sheep–goat hybrid, which can result when a goat mates with a sheep.
Goat fetuses have likewise been successfully grown in sheep wombs by enveloping the goat inner cell mass in sheep trophoblast. [16] Such envelopment can be created by first isolating the inner cell mass of blastocysts of the species to be reproduced by immunosurgery , wherein the blastocyst is exposed to antibodies toward that species.
Wild water buffalo and domestic water buffalo can hybridize freely. Subfamily Caprinae. Sheep-goat hybrids, such as the toast of Botswana. Family Camelidae. Cama, a cross between a male dromedary and a female llama, also an intergeneric hybrid. Dromedary and Bactrian camels can crossbreed and produce a one large-humped Hybrid camel.
Domestication is a gradual process, so there is no precise moment in the history of a given species when it can be considered to have become fully domesticated. Zooarchaeology has identified three classes of animal domesticates: Pets (dogs, cats, ferrets, hamsters, etc.) Livestock (cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, etc.)
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Domestication has been defined as "a sustained multi-generational, mutualistic relationship in which one organism assumes a significant degree of influence over the reproduction and care of another organism in order to secure a more predictable supply of a resource of interest, and through which the partner organism gains advantage over individuals that remain outside this relationship ...