# Breeding

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'''Breeding''' is [sexual reproduction](/source/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:
* [Animal husbandry](/source/Animal_husbandry), through selected specimens such as dogs, horses, and rabbits
* [Breeding in the wild](/source/Breeding_in_the_wild), the natural process of reproduction in the animal kingdom
* [Sexual reproduction of plants](/source/Plant_reproductive_morphology)
* [Plant breeding](/source/Plant_breeding), through specimens selected by humans for desirable traits

== Science ==
* Breeding refers to nuclear transmutations that produce fuel for further reactions, in a [breeder reactor](/source/breeder_reactor) to become fissile material or in a fusion reactor to produce tritium, see {{section link|Tritium|Lithium}}

=== Biology ===
* [Breeding back](/source/Breeding_back), a breeding effort to re-assemble extinct breed genes
* [Breeding pair](/source/Breeding_pair), bonded animals who cooperate to produce offspring
* [Breeding program](/source/Breeding_program), a planned breeding of animals or plants
* [Breeding season](/source/Breeding_season), the period during each year when a species reproduces
* [Captive breeding](/source/Captive_breeding), raising plants or animals in zoos or other controlled conditions
* [Cooperative breeding](/source/Cooperative_breeding), the raising of the young using non-parental care givers
* [Copulation (zoology)](/source/Copulation_(zoology))
* [Crossbreed](/source/Crossbreed)ing, the process of breeding an animal with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations
* [Mating](/source/Mating)
* [Preservation breeding](/source/Preservation_breeding), a selection practice to preserve bloodlines
* [Selective breeding](/source/Selective_breeding), an animal selection practice to encourage chosen qualities
* [sexual intercourse](/source/sexual_intercourse)
* [Smart breeding](/source/Smart_breeding), a plant selection practice to encourage chosen qualities

== People ==
* [James Floyd Breeding](/source/James_Floyd_Breeding) (1901–1977), U.S. Congressman from Kansas
* [Marv Breeding](/source/Marv_Breeding) (1934–2006), 1960s U.S. Major League Baseball player

== Media ==
* [''Breeding'' (EP)](/source/Breeding_(EP)), 2007 album by Dirty Little Rabbits
* ''[Breeding Death](/source/Breeding_Death)'', 2000 album by Bloodbath
* ''[Breeding the Spawn](/source/Breeding_the_Spawn)'', 1993 album by Suffocation
* ''[Dust Breeding](/source/Dust_Breeding)'', 2001 Doctor Who television series audio play

== Places ==
* [Breeding, Kentucky](/source/Breeding%2C_Kentucky), a town in the United States

== See also ==
* [Breeding (sex act)](/source/Breeding_(sex_act)) (kink)
* [Good breeding (disambiguation)](/source/Good_breeding_(disambiguation))
* [Hybrid (biology)](/source/Hybrid_(biology)), breeding between dissimilar parents
* [Inbreeding](/source/Inbreeding), breeding between close relatives
* [Manners](/source/Manners), the unenforced standards of human conduct
* [Outbreeding depression](/source/Outbreeding_depression), reduced fitness from breeding of unrelated individuals
* [Purebred](/source/Purebred)

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