File:Blue-tailed_damselflies_(Ischnura_elegans)_mating,_female_typica_2.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
thumb|250px|Blue-tailed damselfly|Blue-tailed damselflies(Ischnura elegans) mating
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Mating is the process by which male and female animals reproduce together, as shown here by these blue-tailed damselflies joining their bodies. It matters because mating is essential for species to create offspring and continue their populations across generations.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- biological process
- Part of
- sexual reproduction
- Image
- Graphosoma lineatum mating (6).jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Mating
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0007618
- different from
- copulation
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Article · 日本語
交配（こうはい）とは、生物の個体間の受粉や受精のこと、特に繁殖や品種改良・育種などのため、人為的にこれを行うことである。両親が同じ系統、同じ品種などの場合には同系交配、異なる場合には異系交配、異種交配、品種間交配などといい、単に交雑ともいう。また、血縁関係の近い個体同士の交配を近親交配という。
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