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==Description==

==Description==

In [[biology]], '''mating''' is the pairing of [[opposite]]-[[sex]]  or hermaphroditic [[organisms]]  for [[Sexual Intercourse|copulation]] and in [[social]] [[animals]] it also includes the raising of their offspring. For animals, mating [[methods]] include random mating, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disassortative_mating disassortative mating], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortative_mating assortative mating], or a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mating_pool mating pool].

In [[biology]], '''mating''' is the pairing of [[opposite]]-[[sex]]  or hermaphroditic [[organisms]]  for [[Sexual Intercourse|copulation]] and in [[social]] [[animals]] it also includes the raising of their offspring. For animals, mating [[methods]] include random mating, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disassortative_mating disassortative mating], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortative_mating assortative mating], or a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mating_pool mating pool].

In some birds, it includes such [[behaviors]] as nest-building and feeding [[offspring]]. The [[human]] [[practice]] of mating domesticated animals and of artificially inseminating them is part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry].

In some birds, it includes such [[behaviors]] as nest-building and feeding [[offspring]]. The [[human]] [[practice]] of mating domesticated animals and of artificially inseminating them is part of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry].

Copulation is the [[union]] of the [[sex]] organs of two sexually [[reproducing]] [[animals]] for insemination and subsequent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_fertilization internal fertilization]. The two [[individuals]] may be of opposite [[sexes]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite hermaphroditic], as is the case with, for example, snails.

Copulation is the [[union]] of the [[sex]] organs of two sexually [[reproducing]] [[animals]] for insemination and subsequent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_fertilization internal fertilization]. The two [[individuals]] may be of opposite [[sexes]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite hermaphroditic], as is the case with, for example, snails.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Sexuality]]

*[[Sexuality]]