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Mating vs Outbreeding - What's the difference?

mating | outbreeding |

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

(-)
  • Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
  • * 1981 , Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research (page 96)
    • The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
    • , title= 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

    * pairing

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    outbreeding

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals
    • Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool .
  • The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription)