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  • 1Breeding pair — is a pair of animals which cooperate over time to produce offspring. In contrast to any two copulating animals, the term breeding pair indicates some form of a bond between the individuals. For example, many birds mate for a breeding season or… …

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  • 2Breeding season — The breeding season is the most suitable season, usually with favorable conditions and abundant food and water, for breeding among some wild animals and birds (wildlife). Species with a breeding season have naturally evolved to have sexual… …

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  • 3breeding — noun (U) 1 the act or process of animals producing babies: breeding season (=the time of the year when an animal has babies) 2 the activity of keeping animals or plants in order to produce new or better types: the breeding of pedigree dogs |… …

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  • 4Fence time — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable …

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  • 5fence time — spawning time for fish (or breeding time for such animals as deer) when they cannot be caught legally …

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  • 6Horse breeding — Mares and foals Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired… …

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  • 7plant breeding — Introduction       application of genetic (genetics) principles to produce plants that are more useful to humans. This is accomplished by selecting plants found to be economically or aesthetically desirable, first by controlling the mating of… …

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  • 8Selection methods in plant breeding based on mode of reproduction — This article discusses Selection methods in plant breeding based on mode of reproduction. Some plants reproduce by (more or less strict) self fertilization where pollen from a plant will fertilise reproductive cells or ovules of the same plant.… …

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  • 9Dust Breeding — Big Finish Productions audio play Dust Breeding Series Doctor Who …

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  • 10Tree breeding — is the application of genetic principles to the genetic improvement and management of forest trees. In contrast to the selective breeding of livestock, arable crops, and horticultural flowers over the last few centuries, the breeding of trees,… …

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