Extra-pair copulation
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title:
Extra-pair copulation
text:
Extra-pair copulation (EPC) is a mating behaviour in monogamous species. Monogamy is the practice of having only one sexual partner at any one time, forming a long-term bond and combining efforts to raise offspring together; mating outside this pairing is extra-pair copulation. Across the animal kingdom, extra-pair copulation is common in monogamous species, and only a very few pair-bonded species are thought to be exclusively sexually monogamous. EPC in the animal kingdom has mostly been studie
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Non-monogamy in monogamous species
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-pair_copulation
date created:
2006-10-14T21:28:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:09:20Z
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