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sexual reproduction

reproduction process that creates a new organism by combining the genetic material of two organisms
Intangible biological_process Q182353
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Summary

sexual reproduction is a biological process[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of biological process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: mode of biological reproduction[3]
  • Subclass of: reproduction[4], multi-organism reproductive process[5]
  • Commons category: Sexual reproduction[6]
  • Opposite of: asexual reproduction[7]
  • Has part(s): sporocarp development involved in sexual reproduction[8], sexual sporulation[9], fertilization[10], gamete generation[11], mating[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sexual reproduction[13]
  • Facet of: animal reproduction[14], plant reproduction[15]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/sexual-reproduction[16]
  • History of topic: evolution of sexual reproduction[17]
  • Uses: gamete[18]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Molecular and Cell Biology[21], WikiProject Women's Health[22], WikiProject Medicine[23], WikiProject Animal anatomy[24], WikiProject Sexology and sexuality[25], WikiProject Biology[26]

Why It Matters

sexual reproduction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1oahEl
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  2. 14w ago · A121008 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → seksuell_formering
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: seksuell_formering"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0438523-pohlavni-rozmnozovani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0438523-pohlavni-rozmnozovani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 14964, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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