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Breeding is
sexual reproduction Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete ( haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg cell) with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote tha ...
that produces offspring, usually animals or plants. It can only occur between a male and a female animal or plant. Breeding may refer to: *
Animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, animal fiber, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising ...
, through selected specimens such as dogs, horses, and rabbits *
Breeding in the wild Breeding in the wild is the natural process of animal reproduction occurring in the natural habitat of a given species. This terminology is distinct from animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals ...
, the natural process of reproduction in the animal kingdom * Sexual reproduction of plants *
Plant breeding Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It is used to improve the quality of plant products for use by humans and animals. The goals of plant breeding are to produce crop varie ...
, through specimens selected by humans for desirable traits


Science

* Breeding refers to nuclear transmutations that produce fuel for further reactions, in a breeder reactor to become fissile material or in a fusion reactor to produce tritium, see


Biology

* Breeding (sex act) *
Breeding back Breeding back is a form of artificial selection by the deliberate selective breeding of domestication, domestic (but not exclusively) animals, in an attempt to achieve an animal breed with a phenotype that resembles a wild type ancestor, usually ...
, a breeding effort to re-assemble extinct breed genes * Breeding pair, bonded animals who cooperate to produce offspring * Breeding program, a planned breeding of animals or plants * Breeding season, the period during each year when a species reproduces *
Captive breeding Captive breeding, also known as captive propagation, is the process of keeping plants or animals in controlled environments, such as wildlife reserves, zoos, Botanical garden, botanic gardens, and other Conservation biology, conservation facilitie ...
, raising plants or animals in zoos or other controlled conditions * Cooperative breeding, the raising of the young using non-parental care givers *
Crossbreed A crossbreed is an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations. A domestic animal of unknown ancestry, where the breed status of only one parent or grandparent is known, may also be called a crossbreed though ...
ing, the process of breeding an animal with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations *
Mating In biology, mating is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for the purposes of sexual reproduction. ''Fertilization'' is the fusion of two gametes. '' Copulation'' is the union of the sex organs of two sexually repr ...
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Preservation breeding Preservation may refer to: Heritage and conservation * Preservation (library and archival science), activities aimed at prolonging the life of a record while making as few changes as possible * ''Preservation'' (magazine), published by the Nat ...
, a selection practice to preserve bloodlines *
Selective breeding Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant m ...
, an animal selection practice to encourage chosen qualities * Smart breeding, a plant selection practice to encourage chosen qualities


People

* James Floyd Breeding (1901–1977), U.S. Congressman from Kansas * Marv Breeding (1934–2006), 1960s U.S. Major League Baseball player


Media

* ''Breeding'' (EP), 2007 album by Dirty Little Rabbits * '' Breeding Death'', 2000 album by Bloodbath * '' Breeding the Spawn'', 1993 album by Suffocation * '' Dust Breeding'', 2001 Doctor Who television series audio play


Places

* Breeding, Kentucky, a town in the United States


See also

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Copulation (zoology) In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract. This is an aspect of mating. Many aquatic animals use external fertilization, whereas ...
* Good breeding (disambiguation) *
Hybrid (biology) In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Generally, it means that each cell has genetic material from two ...
, breeding between dissimilar parents *
Inbreeding Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely genetic distance, related genetically. By analogy, the term is used in human reproduction, but more commonly refers to the genet ...
, breeding between close relatives * Manners, the unenforced standards of human conduct *
Outbreeding depression In biology, outbreeding depression happens when crosses between two genetically distant groups or populations result in a reduction of fitness. The concept is in contrast to inbreeding depression, although the two effects can occur simultaneously o ...
, reduced fitness from breeding of unrelated individuals *
Purebred Purebreds are cultivars of an animal species achieved through the process of selective breeding. When the lineage of a purebred animal is recorded, that animal is said to be pedigreed. Purebreds breed true-to-type, which means the progeny of l ...
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sexual intercourse Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion of the Erection, erect male Human penis, penis inside the female vagina and followed by Pelvic thrust, thrusting motions for sexual pleasure ...
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