Breeding

Template:Sister project Template:Tocright Breeding is sexual reproduction that produces offspring, usually animals or plants. It can only occur between a male and a female animal or plant.

Breeding may refer to:

ScienceEdit

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 Template:Section link

Breeding (sex act)
Breeding back, 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, raising plants or animals in zoos or other controlled conditions
Cooperative breeding, the raising of the young using non-parental care givers
Crossbreeding, the process of breeding an animal with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations
Mating
Preservation breeding, a selection practice to preserve bloodlines
Selective breeding, an animal selection practice to encourage chosen qualities
Smart breeding, a plant selection practice to encourage chosen qualities