future offspring

collocation in English

meaningsoffutureandoffspring

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future
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfjuː.tʃər/us
/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
happening or existing in ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition offutureandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With multifactorial traits, there is no constant risk tofutureoffspringas there is with conditions due to single genes.
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Alternatively, parental investment could be diverted tofutureoffspring, when circumstances are likely to be more auspicious.
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Once they have a child with an autosomal recessive trait, they are thereafter identified as carriers and the risk to allfutureoffspringis one in four.
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The parents are trading off investment in the current nestlings against investment infutureoffspring.
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They are to be separated for a time, and are then to be dispensed to remarry, past andfutureoffspringbeing declared legitimate.
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Mitotic errors can be especially dangerous to the organism becausefutureoffspringfrom this parent cell will carry the same disorder.
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Helpers also gain experience raising young and therefore theirfutureoffspringhave greater survivability rates.
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For diagnosed patients, genetic testing is done to allow forfutureoffspringwith the disease to be monitored and treated early in life.
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This allows prospective parents to understand the risk of diseases and likelihood of traits in theirfutureoffspring.
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Evolutionarily, females have two main motives for mating: to pass on genes and to find a partner who can provide adequate support for herself andfutureoffspring.
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Mitotic errors can be especially dangerous to the organism becausefutureoffspringfrom this parent cell will carry the same disorder.
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