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## Difference between the two
- **Mating success** is the number of animals **of the opposite sex** that a specific animals is able to reproduce with.[[Red deer]]
- **Reproductive success** describes how likely an animals **offspring** are to survive to an age where *they themselves can reproduce*.
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*Its important that the offspring make it to an age where they can reproduce because otherwise the traits that they have will not be able to be inherited by subsequent [[Generations]].*
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