to keep animals or plants so that you can mate them and produce more of them

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"

Nurture; education; formation of manners.

Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.

elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

The selection and propagation of particular genotypes, to achieve certain objectives (higher yield, disease resistance, and so forth). May be the result of manipulation (crossing) or through artificially induced mutation. Plant species or varieties may be strictly or mainly inbreeding or outbreeding in their natural environment.

the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

whakatupuranga To make new babies (for animals) or seeds (for plants).

Your pet should receive a complete physical examination and be given any necessary vaccinations. A stool sample should be checked for intestinal parasites. Large breed dogs (both female and male) should be examined and be free of hip dysplasia. Female cats should test negative for FeLV virus infection (feline leukemia), which can cause abortion, stillbirth, and other reproductive problems.

"ALL AFFECTED DOGS, REGARDLESS OF THE SEVERITY OF THEIR SKIN LESIONS, SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR BREEDING.""Affected dogs: don't breed. Relatives of affected dogs: recommendations not possible without further research. Be cautious but not hysterical."

The identification and selective combination of desirable genes, with the goal of enhanced yield, reduced susceptibility to plant disease, improved seed quality or better nitrogen-fixing ability.

refers to the process of selecting which organisms are allowed to reproduce themselves. By choosing organisms which have traits the breeder desires, the species comes to better meet the breeder's needs. Breeding is a highly limited means of changing organisms as traits must come into existence naturally before they can be developed. Thus, changes will only happen slowly. Camelot Campaign Chaos Chi Continuum, The Coordinates Core Rules

This term has many connotations. Here it is restricted to a cumulative permanent improvement of the honeybee on a genetic basis.

Sequencing Lactulose Serotypes

Descent; pedigree; extraction.

Initiation Recombination Insertional Repopulation

the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"

from fertile nuclear materials, production of fissionable materials similar to that consumed by nuclear chain reaction. The term is used when the regeneration ratio is greater than 1

The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.

The act or process of generating or bearing.