Editing Offspring (section)

{{Short description|Product of reproduction of an organism}}
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[[File:Frog in frogspawn.jpg|right|thumb|A [[frog]] in [[frog#Eggs / frogspawn|frogspawn]]]]
In [[biology]], '''offspring''' are the young creation of living [[organism]]s, produced either by [[sexual reproduction|sexual]] or [[asexual reproduction]]. Collective offspring may be known as a '''brood''' or '''progeny'''. This can refer to a set of simultaneous offspring, such as the [[chick (young bird)|chick]]s hatched from one [[clutch (eggs)|clutch of eggs]], or to all offspring produced over time, as with the [[brood (honeybee)|honeybee]].  Offspring can occur after [[mating]], [[artificial insemination]], or as a result of [[cloning]].

Human offspring ([[lineal descendant|descendants]]) are referred to as [[child]]ren; male children are [[son]]s and female children are [[daughter]]s (see [[Kinship]]).