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mat·ing

(māt'ing),

The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction.

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mating

The pairing of male and female organisms for reproduction.

mat·ing

(māt'ing)

The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction.

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mating

any reproduction involving two sexes.
(in lower organisms) reproduction between types that differ in physiology but not in physical form.
(in birds and mammals) the behavioural process of pair-formation rather than of copulation leading to sexual reproduction.

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2011a), female remating has been measured within 1 to 3 d of the initial mating, even though females of some species may live for several wk or even mo (e.g., Dhillon et al.

Ability of sterile males to inhibit female remating in the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Combination of phylogenetic analysis and mating tests indicated that the mating compatibility of P.

Correlation between Mating Compatibility and the Phylogenetic Relationship of a Rare Edible Mushroom, Pleurotus nebrodensis, with Different Pleurotus Species

Mating and behavior observations were made both manually (writing down observations as they occurred) and from observing the video footage.

Observation of polyandry in endangered Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Alberta, Canada

KEY WORDS: crab, mating behavior, sperm storage, Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Mating and sperm storage of the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Numerous studies have revealed a variety of environmental effects on mating behaviors.

The effect of experience on male courtship and mating behaviors in a cellar spider

Since each individual is reproductively both male and female, a conflict should arise during each mating encounter (Angeloni et al., 2002).

Multiple mating, sperm storage, and mating preference in Aplysia californica

With respect to mating success, body size is arguably the most prevalent measure of fitness documented in the literature.

A preliminary analysis of mate choice in a bush cricket (Poecilimon laevissimus: Tettigoniidae) suggests virginity is more important than body size

MATE THIS Some of the mating habits of simultaneous hermaphrodites can be difficult for humans to understand.

Battle of the hermaphrodites: sexes clash even when sharing the same body

Regarding cannibalistic first matings (with two outliers excluded to obtain a normal distribution), the duration of copulation was positively predicted by fixed male body size (linear regression: [r.sup.2] = 0.09, P = 0.03, n = 58) but not by male body mass ([r.sup.2] = 0.04, P = 0.15, n = 59) nor time to copulation (linear regression: [r.sup.2] = 0.01, P = 0.61, n = 59).

Extremely short copulations do not affect hatching success in Argiope bruennichi (Araneae, Araneidae)

dolus in (1) survivorship, (2) ability to locate and secure mates, (3) ability to acquire multiple matings, and (4) ability to sire offspring from multiple females.

A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN FLIGHT CAPABILITY AND REPRODUCTION IN MALES OF A WING- DIMORPHIC INSECT

We have not been able to test whether there is sperm mixing or precedence for the sperm of the last male in these species; the monandry foiled our frequent attempts to obtain double matings with erato and himera males.

Estimating the mating behavior of a pair of hybridizing Heliconius species in the wild

In Experiment 3, where matings were scored in non-competitive environments in the laboratory, males that were YH-deprived for 7 d before testing (and not provided with cue-lure) mated as frequently as control males that were continuously yeast hydrolysate-fed.

Yeast hydrolysate deprivation and the mating success of male melon flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)