Mating vs Outbreeding - What's the difference?
mating | outbreeding |
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
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The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals
The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription)
As nouns the difference between mating and outbreeding
is that mating is (zoology) pairing of organisms for copulation while outbreeding is the breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.As an adjective mating
is fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.As a verb mating
is .mating
English
(wikipedia mating)Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
Synonyms
* pairingVerb
(head)Anagrams
*outbreeding
English
Noun
(-)- Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool .