Q: What is the pairing of an adult male to an adult female to produce young?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Some of the most important animal behaviors involve mating. Mating is the pairing of an adult male and female to produce young. Adults that are most successful at attracting a mate are most likely to have offspring. Traits that help animals attract a mate and have offspring increase their fitness. As the genes that encode these traits are passed to the next generation, the traits will become more common in the population.

 Choices:

- evolution

- asexual reproduction

- binary fission

- mating


A:
mating