Mating and Breeding Articles

• Veterinary Medicine
  Dogs
  Animals
  Mating and Breeding
  Cats
  Behavioral Science
   
  

  Spaying and neutering

  Spaying and neutering are the respective surgical processes of female and male animal sterilization, to keep them from producing offspring. Neutering is sometimes used to refer to the surgery in ... > more
• Horses
  Veterinary Medicine
  Animals
  Mating and Breeding
  Dogs
  Mammals
   
  

  Horse breeding

  Horse breeding refers to reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of planned mating of animals. While feral and wild horses breed successfully without human assistance, it ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Developmental Biology
  Hormone Disorders
  Gynecology
  Sports Medicine
  Nervous System
   
  

  Placenta

  The placenta is an ephemeral (temporary) organ present only in female placental vertebrates during gestation (pregnancy). All mammals other than monotremes and (most) marsupials utilise placentas in ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Developmental Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Birth Defects
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Embryo

  In organisms that reproduce sexually, once a sperm fertilizes an egg cell, the result is a cell called the zygote that has all the DNA of two parents. In plants, animals, and some protists, the ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Mating and Breeding
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  New Species
   
  

  Hornet

  Hornets are large eusocial wasps. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespids by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which is ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Genetics
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Developmental Biology
  Cell Biology
  Biology
   
  

  Meiosis

  In biology, meiosis is the process by which one diploid eukaryotic cell divides to generate four haploid cells often called gametes. Meiosis is essential for sexual reproduction and therefore ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  Mating and Breeding
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Biology
   

  Neoteny

  Neoteny is the retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles (pedomorphosis/paedomorphosis), and is a subject studied in the field of developmental biology. In ... > more
• Dogs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Spiders and Ticks
  Animals
  Mammals
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  Dog breed

  A dog breed is a group of dogs that have very similar or nearly identical characteristics of appearance or behavior or, usually, both, primarily because they come from a select set of ancestors who ... > more
• Ecology Research
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
  Mating and Breeding
  Extreme Survival
  Organic
   
  

  R/K selection theory

  In ecology, r/K selection theory relates to the selection of traits (in organisms) that allow success in particular environments. In unstable or unpredictable environments r-selection predominates, ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Genetics
  Food and Agriculture
  Nature
   
  

  Plant breeding

  Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. This manipulation involves either controlled pollination, ... > more

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