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  2. Monogamy in animals - Wikipedia

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    This essentially means that the goby will have multiple monogamous relationships throughout its life – but only be in one relationship at a time. [55] The red-backed salamander exhibited signs of social monogamy, which is the idea that animals form pairs to mate and raise offspring, but still will partake in extra pair copulation with various ...

  3. Pair bond - Wikipedia

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    They will stay together until one of the two dies. According to evolutionary psychologists David P. Barash and Judith Lipton, from their 2001 book The Myth of Monogamy, there are several varieties of pair bonds: [2] Short-term pair-bond: a transient mating or associations; Long-term pair-bond: bonded for a significant portion of the life cycle ...

  4. Breeding pair - Wikipedia

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    Some fish form short term pairs and the French angelfish is thought to pair-bond over a long term. True breeding pairs are quite common in birds . Breeding pair arrangements are rare in mammals , where the prevailing patterns are either that the male and female only meet for copulation (e.g. brown bear ) or that dominant males have a harem of ...

  5. Symbiosis - Wikipedia

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    One hypothesis for the origin of the nucleus in eukaryotes (plants, animals, fungi, and protists) is that it developed from a symbiogenesis between bacteria and archaea. [ 5 ] [ 71 ] [ 72 ] It is hypothesized that the symbiosis originated when ancient archaea, similar to modern methanogenic archaea, invaded and lived within bacteria similar to ...

  6. Monogamy - Wikipedia

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    Monogamy (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ ɡ ə m i / mə-NOG-ə-mee) is a relationship of two individuals in which they form a mutual and exclusive intimate partnership.Having only one partner at any one time, whether that be for life or whether that be serial monogamy, contrasts with various forms of non-monogamy (e.g., polygamy or polyamory). [1]

  7. Social monogamy in mammalian species - Wikipedia

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    In addition, there are some species that exhibit short-term monogamy which involves partnership termination while one's partner is still alive; however, it usually lasts for at least one breeding season. [3] Monogamy usually does not occur in groups where there is a high abundance of females, but rather in ones where females occupy small ranges ...

  8. World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at 74

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    Laysan albatross Wisdom was spotted with her new partner and egg at a Pacific Ocean refuge. ... Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games. Health ...

  9. Mating system - Wikipedia

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    The following are some of the mating systems generally recognized in animals: Monogamy: One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship. The term "pair bonding" often implies this. This is associated with one-male, one-female group compositions.