mating
/ˈmeɪtɪŋ
/noun
The action of animals coming together to breed; copulation: courtship and mating also occur on land...
- Worldwide, not many areas exist where shark mating can be observed.
- In the first part of the study, we investigated size-dependent mating in the field.
- The methodology is applicable to the investigation of parentage for all progeny developed from parental mating without subsequent generations of inbreeding.