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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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MAR 25, 2019Plants & Animals
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Many of the world’s wild animals use mating calls to announce their readiness to mate and to find other specimens ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2018Plants & Animals
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MAR 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
A new African black-footed penguin was just recently put on display at Poland’s Gdansk Zoo for park visitors to lo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromatophores are fascinating cells found in some animals like cephalopods, which carry pigments and can reflect light.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers took a biomedical approach to examine the impact of two different pesticides on gene expression in bees.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Humans are understood to possess different types of personalities, and perhaps unsurprisingly, personality traits are fu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Gulf of California plays host to the world’s most elusive porpoise: the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). On the other
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
If you are a cat owner, you know the value of catnip. "It's perfectly safe," you say, as you watch your ki
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
Reproduction is a normal part of life, and while sex might seem like a quick and straightforward process for humans, tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the Sumatran tiger as a critically-endangered speci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard the story of Romeo the frog, he was once thought to be the last living specimen of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Is it natural to remain committed to a mate for life? Researchers at the University of Texas Austin have used genetics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2019
Plants & Animals
When three large cats arrived at Prague Zoo from India in 2015, staff crossed their fingers and hoped the animals could
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
Hummingbirds are seemingly peaceful creatures; with their long, flexible bills, they’re continuously sipping necta
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers created a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease that has more in common with the human disease than current mod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2018
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that dolphins are some of the ocean’s most intelligent creatures, and perhaps unsurprisingly,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
Being a dad isn’t always smooth sailing, but compared to a plethora of different species in the animal kingdom, hu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2018
Microbiology
One strain of gut bacteria can change how a fruit fly moves.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2018
Plants & Animals
Several mammals in the animal kingdom use olfaction as a means of identifying one individual from another. Canines are p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many of the world’s wild animals use mating calls to announce their readiness to mate and to find other specimens
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
Most insect enthusiasts already know that antennal grabbing behavior is a somewhat common trait among Hymenoptera during
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Agriculture and habitat loss have put huge pressures on bee populations. Those aren't the only problems bees are facing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2018
Microbiology
Without the right experimental design, behavioral testing can easily produce the wrong results.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch