reproductive biology

collocation in English

meaningsofreproductiveandbiology

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reproductive
adjective
uk
/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us
/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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biology
noun[U]
uk
/baɪˈɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/baɪˈɑː.lə.dʒi/
the scientific study of the natural processes of ...
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Given thisreproductivebiology, the results suggest that the population issued from a single spawning event involving one female and two different males.
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There are seventeen chapters, covering topics from taxonomy andreproductivebiology, through to propagation, disease management and harvesting.
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The discrepancy between the fern and pteridosperm data is more likely to be due to thereproductivebiologyof the plants.
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We suggest water relations as the most plausible of the hypotheses based on the demands placed on the fig due to itsreproductivebiology.
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The information gained in these studies is combined with information on thereproductivebiologyof the crop to design a management system.
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Medical experts colluded in the discourse that considered women'sreproductivebiologyas all-important in a woman's state of mind.
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Eight chapters cover taxonomy and distribution, properties and uses, agronomy,reproductivebiology, genetic resources and crop improvement, harvesting and processing, economics and marketing, and future research needs.
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However, the fundamental event that defines whether a follicle will enter the ovulatory sequence or undergo atresia has for the most part remained a mystery inreproductivebiology.
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In the case of the temporal data, at least in one locality the presence of nestedness and its repeatability appear related to thereproductivebiologyof the host.
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These programs should take into consideration, not only the demography,reproductivebiologyand growth patterns of the palms, but also the habitat requirements of tent-making bats within the area.
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In all of these cases, the potential recipient has a genetic relationship to the donor (in one respect byreproductivebiology; in another respect by serendipity).
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Both clinical and epidemiologic aspects of this disease therefore depend upon the production and dissemination of eggs, but the factors controlling thereproductivebiologyof schistosomes are not well understood.
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Little or no for mal research has been carried out on many of these hitherto wild species to assess potential for genetic improvement,reproductivebiologyor suitability for cultivation.
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The presence of two shelled eggs within the birth canal shows that oviraptorosaurs were intermediate between thereproductivebiologyof crocodilians and modern birds.
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Thereproductivebiologyof the species is poorly known, but it appears to move to more tropical waters to spawn.
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Because of the importance of these programmes a great number of scientific studies are dedicated to understanding thereproductivebiologyand needs of our animals.
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Thereproductivebiologyof the onefin electric ray has not been documented; presumably it is viviparous like other electric rays.
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It has been used in the fields ofreproductivebiology, immunology, metabolism, neurobiology and many others.
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