reproductive ability

collocation in English

meaningsofreproductiveandability

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reproductive
adjective
uk
/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us
/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofreproductiveandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The subsequent fate of the female centrosome is unclear, but it appears to lose both microtubule nucleating activity andreproductiveability.
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Most species of mammals have smallreproductiveability.
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Each of the various estimates of growth orreproductiveabilitywere treated equally in our analysis.
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According to my understanding there is no scientific ground for there being a close season for these fish largely because they have a higherreproductiveabilitythan salmon or trout.
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First and foremost, we are obtaining a ban on the use of a range of carcinogenic substances and on the use of substances that impair ourreproductiveability.
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Suckling after two years may serve to maintain growth rate, body condition andreproductiveability.
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Studies suggest females produce cloacal pheromones to indicatereproductiveability.
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These are events that signal a loss ofreproductiveabilityor potential, or that did so in humans' ancestral environment.
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These he called eductive ability andreproductiveability.
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Lead was found to be lethal at low levels and sodium tungstate was much less toxic, but the tungstate completely inhibited theirreproductiveability.
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Based on these observations, the nutrient level at the larval stage tends to correlate with thereproductiveabilityof the larvae as it develops.
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In the next stage physical growth finishes, and eventually declining jing leads to exhaustion of tian gui, thus extinguishingreproductiveability.
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Achievingreproductiveabilityearly and having large litters provides a biological balance to this.
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Eusocial insects are animals that develop large, multigenerational cooperative societies that assist each other in the rearing of young, often at the cost of an individuals life orreproductiveability.
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Once the host'sreproductiveabilityis lost, any future changes in host behavior can not directly benefit the host's reproductive fitness but may benefit the parasite's.
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His idea was that variation inreproductiveability, caused mainly by the prevention of inter-crossing with parental forms, was the primary driving force in the production of new species.
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Elements of their social significance which were grounded in men's dependence on women's productive and reproductive abilities became displaced.
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Such altruism is explained in that eusocial insects benefit from giving upreproductiveabilityof many individuals to improve the overall fitness of closely related offspring.
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Eusocial insects develop large, multigenerational cooperative societies that assist each other in the rearing of young, often at the cost of an individuals life orreproductiveability.
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The rabbit's reproductive abilities were the inspiration for the phrase breeding like rabbits.
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