Introduction
Reproduction is the obligatory process to uphold the gene pool from generation to generation for any existing species. Among the other reproductive processes, mating fulfills the purpose of sexual reproduction by pairing of either two opposite sexually reproducing animals or hermaphrodite organisms in terms of copulation for insemination and subsequent internal fertilization. The term mating not only applied for higher vertebrates but also for bacteria, archaea, and viruses where formation of recombinant progeny occurs from the exchange of genomic information from the involved paired individuals. To understand mating, we must focus on its all arms, i.e., mating system, sexual selection, and sexual conflict.
Mating System
Mating is initially dependent upon the mating system which itself is a circumstance based on which an organism shows its sexual behavior and further mate choice or sexual selection occurs. This mating system includes monogamy, polygamy (i.e., polygyny,...
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The authors are grateful to Shailesh Singh from Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, for sharing his valuable knowledge on the basics and examples of sexual selection and sexual conflict which helped a lot while writing this manuscript more lucidly.
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Das, M., Yadav, S.K. (2020). Mating. In: Vonk, J., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_307-1
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