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sexual reproduction

reproduction process that creates a new organism by combining the genetic material of two organisms
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sexual reproduction

Summary

sexual reproduction is a biological process[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of biological_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,272 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sexual reproduction's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • sexual reproduction's instance of is recorded as mode of biological reproduction[4].
  • sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction[5].
  • sexual reproduction is a type of multi-organism reproductive process[6].
  • sexual reproduction's Commons category is recorded as Sexual reproduction[7].
  • sexual reproduction is the opposite of asexual reproduction[8].
  • sexual reproduction comprises sporocarp development involved in sexual reproduction[9].
  • sexual reproduction comprises sexual sporulation[10].
  • sexual reproduction comprises fertilization[11].
  • sexual reproduction comprises gamete generation[12].
  • sexual reproduction comprises mating[13].
  • sexual reproduction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sexual reproduction[14].
  • sexual reproduction's facet of is recorded as animal reproduction[15].
  • sexual reproduction's facet of is recorded as plant reproduction[16].
  • sexual reproduction's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/sexual-reproduction[17].
  • sexual reproduction's history of topic is recorded as evolution of sexual reproduction[18].
  • sexual reproduction's uses is recorded as gamete[19].
  • sexual reproduction's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953[20].
  • sexual reproduction's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • sexual reproduction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Molecular and Cell Biology[22].
  • sexual reproduction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Women's Health[23].
  • sexual reproduction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[24].
  • sexual reproduction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Animal anatomy[25].
  • sexual reproduction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Sexology and sexuality[26].
  • sexual reproduction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Biology[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include biological process[3] and mode of biological reproduction[4]. Recorded subclass of include reproduction[5] and multi-organism reproductive process[6]. sexual reproduction is the opposite of asexual reproduction[8].

Use and Application

Components include sporocarp development involved in sexual reproduction[9]; sexual sporulation[10]; fertilization[11], a biological process[28]; gamete generation[12]; and mating[13], a biological process[29].

Why It Matters

sexual reproduction ranks in the top 2% of biological_process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,272 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1oahEl
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 10w ago · A121008 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → seksuell_formering
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: seksuell_formering"
  3. 14w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0438523-pohlavni-rozmnozovani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0438523-pohlavni-rozmnozovani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Facet of → animal reproduction, plant reproduction
    Aliases → —
    History of topic → evolution of sexual reproduction
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14964, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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