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<div>{{Wiktionary|Breeding|breeding}}<br />
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'''Breeding''' is [[sexual reproduction]] that produces offspring, usually animals or plants. It can only occur between a male and a female animal or plant.<br />
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'''Breeding''' may refer to:<br />
* [[Animal husbandry]], through selected specimens such as dogs, horses, and rabbits<br />
* [[Breeding in the wild]], the natural process of reproduction in the animal kingdom<br />
* [[Plant reproductive morphology|Sexual reproduction of plants]]<br />
* [[Plant breeding]], through specimens selected by humans for desirable traits<br />
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== Science ==<br />
* 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 {{section link|Tritium|Lithium}}<br />
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=== Biology ===<br />
* [[Breeding (sex act)]]<br />
* [[Breeding back]], a breeding effort to re-assemble extinct breed genes<br />
* [[Breeding pair]], bonded animals who cooperate to produce offspring<br />
* [[Breeding program]], a planned breeding of animals or plants<br />
* [[Breeding season]], the period during each year when a species reproduces<br />
* [[Captive breeding]], raising plants or animals in zoos or other controlled conditions<br />
* [[Cooperative breeding]], the raising of the young using non-parental care givers<br />
* [[Crossbreed]]ing, the process of breeding an animal with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations<br />
* [[Mating]]<br />
* [[Preservation breeding]], a selection practice to preserve bloodlines<br />
* [[Selective breeding]], an animal selection practice to encourage chosen qualities<br />
* [[Smart breeding]], a plant selection practice to encourage chosen qualities<br />
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== People ==<br />
* [[James Floyd Breeding]] (1901–1977), U.S. Congressman from Kansas<br />
* [[Marv Breeding]] (1934–2006), 1960s U.S. Major League Baseball player<br />
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== Media ==<br />
* [[Breeding (EP)|''Breeding'' (EP)]], 2007 album by Dirty Little Rabbits<br />
* ''[[Breeding Death]]'', 2000 album by Bloodbath<br />
* ''[[Breeding the Spawn]]'', 1993 album by Suffocation<br />
* ''[[Dust Breeding]]'', 2001 Doctor Who television series audio play<br />
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== Places ==<br />
* [[Breeding, Kentucky]], a town in the United States<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Copulation (zoology)]]<br />
* [[Good breeding (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Hybrid (biology)]], breeding between dissimilar parents<br />
* [[Inbreeding]], breeding between close relatives<br />
* [[Manners]], the unenforced standards of human conduct<br />
* [[Outbreeding depression]], reduced fitness from breeding of unrelated individuals<br />
* [[Purebred]]<br />
* [[sexual intercourse]]<br />
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