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, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

, 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 or breeding of species in captivity. Breeding locations are often chosen for ...

, the natural process of reproduction in the animal kingdom *

Sexual reproduction of plants Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction. Among all living organisms, flowers, which are the reproductive st ...

Plant breeding Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It has been used to improve the quality of nutrition in products for humans and animals. The goals of plant breeding are to produce cro ...

, through specimens selected by humans for desirable traits

Science

* Breeding refers to nuclear transmutations that produce fuel for further reactions, in a

breeder reactor A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. Breeder reactors achieve this because their neutron economy is high enough to create more fissile fuel than they use, by irradiation of a fertile mate ...

to become fissile material or in a fusion reactor to produce tritium, see

Biology

Breeding (sex act) A creampie (also known as internal ejaculation and, typically in same-sex contexts as a breeding) is a human sexual act, commonly featured in hardcore pornography, in which a man ejaculates inside his partner's vagina or anus without the u ...

Breeding back Breeding back is a form of artificial selection by the deliberate selective breeding of domestic (but not exclusively) animals, in an attempt to achieve an animal breed with a phenotype that resembles a wild type ancestor, usually one that has ...

, a breeding effort to re-assemble extinct breed genes *

Breeding pair Breeding pair is a pair of animals which cooperate over time to produce offspring with some form of a bond between the individuals.Gaston, A. J.The evolution of group territorial behavior and cooperative breeding" The American Naturalist 112.988 ...

, bonded animals who cooperate to produce offspring *

Breeding program A breeding program is the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several generations. There are a couple of breeding methods, such as artificial (which is man made) and ...

, a planned breeding of animals or plants *

Breeding season Seasonal breeders are animal species that successfully mate only during certain times of the year. These times of year allow for the optimization of survival of young due to factors such as ambient temperature, food and water availability, and cha ...

, the period during each year when a species reproduces *

Captive breeding Captive breeding, also known as captive propagation, is the process of plants or animals in controlled environments, such as wildlife reserves, zoos, botanic gardens, and other conservation facilities. It is sometimes employed to help species that ...

, raising plants or animals in zoos or other controlled conditions *

Cooperative breeding Cooperative breeding is a social system characterized by alloparental care: offspring receive care not only from their parents, but also from additional group members, often called helpers. Cooperative breeding encompasses a wide variety of group ...

, 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. ''Crossbreeding'', sometimes called "designer crossbreeding", is the process of breeding such an organism, While crossbreeding is used to main ...

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 reproduc ...

Preservation breeding Preservation breeding is an attempt by many plant and animal breeders to preserve bloodlines of species, either of a rare breed, or of rare pedigrees within a breed. Purpose Preservation breeding can have several purposes: # Protection of g ...

, 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 mal ...

, an animal selection practice to encourage chosen qualities *

Smart breeding Marker assisted selection or marker aided selection (MAS) is an indirect selection process where a trait of interest is selected based on a marker ( morphological, biochemical or DNA/ RNA variation) linked to a trait of interest (e.g. producti ...

, a plant selection practice to encourage chosen qualities

People

James Floyd Breeding James Floyd Breeding (September 28, 1901 – October 17, 1977) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Early life Born near Robinson, Kansas, Breeding was educated in grade schools, Moonlight, Kansas, and Berryton High School in Shawnee Count ...

(1901–1977), U.S. Congressman from Kansas *

Marv Breeding Marv Eugene Breeding (May 8, 1934 – December 31, 2006) was an American professional baseball second baseman who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators and Los Angeles Dodgers between ...

(1934–2006), 1960s U.S. Major League Baseball player

Media

* ''Breeding'' (EP), 2007 album by Dirty Little Rabbits * ''

Breeding Death ''Breeding Death'' is the first EP by Bloodbath. It was released on 8 February 2000 by Century Media Records. Release ''Breeding Death'' was initially released on 8 February 2000 on Century Media Records and re-released on CD in 2006 with two bo ...

'', 2000 album by Bloodbath * ''

Breeding the Spawn ''Breeding the Spawn'' is the second full-length album by Suffocation. Though it still employs the characteristics and elements associated with Suffocation's song writing, the production on the album is much thinner than on other albums, due to ...

'', 1993 album by Suffocation * ''

Dust Breeding ''Dust Breeding'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The story marks the return of Caroline John to ''Doctor Who'' and the introduction of the Master to ...

'', 2001 Doctor Who television series audio play

Places

Breeding, Kentucky Breeding is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders ...

, a town in the United States

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