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Mating
Mating is a biological process used by organisms for sexual reproduction. Mating occurs in all organisms, including animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. Mating may require contact between opposite sex individuals, as with animals, but can also occur without any physical contact, as with pollination of vascular plants. Mating also encompasses the process occurring in bacteria and viruses in which homologous chromosomes of individuals are paired for genetic exchange resulting in the formation of a recombinant progeny.
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...
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...
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Katie Kokolus
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...
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...
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...
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APR 14, 2023
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...
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...
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...
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...
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FEB 15, 2023
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...
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FEB 03, 2023
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Written By:
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JAN 04, 2023
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DEC 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
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...
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Ryan Vingum
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...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
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...
Written By:
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JUN 22, 2022
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2022
Infographics
Summary: Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction where light is produced by organisms to hunt prey, defend against predat
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 30, 2022
Immunology
Shown in in this image (courtesy of Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing/CC BY-ND) the African killifish can be us
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2022
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch