reproductive fitness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreproductiveandfitness
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reproductive
adjective
uk/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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fitness
noun[U]
uk/ˈfɪt.nəs/us/ˈfɪt.nəs/
the condition of being physically strong ...
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Molecular evolutionary studies of genes encoding accessory gland proteins also provide evidence for their role in determiningreproductivefitness.
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The costs and benefits that are of ultimate interest are those that contribute toreproductivefitness.
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It is precisely the "evolutionary a-rationality" that has contributed to enhancedreproductivefitness.
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Imagine now, that instead of scoring points and winning or losing games, the teams competed forreproductivefitness.
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This indicates that the production of an additional 1 mg of sugar after repeated removal might have halved femalereproductivefitness.
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Isreproductivefitnessthe cause or the effect, or is power the cause or the effect?
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Assessments ofreproductivefitnesscannot occur over the range of seconds or minutes required for the operation of the law of effect.
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From the parasite population point of view, however, thereproductivefitnessshould not be considered as a constant over time.
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These results clearly show that associative learning helps dams identify their nests and their offspring - abilities that are highly correlated withreproductivefitness.
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Dominant conditions with lowreproductivefitnessshow little regional variation in frequency, but milder conditions may show variation as a result of founder effect or genetic drift.
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System operations change through evolution to achieve greaterreproductivefitness, but there is no "optimal" level ofreproductivefitness.
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There may well be evidence that homozygotes for the gene are much more severely affected, but since the heterozygote has reducedreproductivefitnesshomozygotes are exceedingly rare.
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Postovulatory aging of oocytes decreasesreproductivefitnessand longevity of offspring.
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Like sleep, which also exposes animals to danger, limited capacity is a biological puzzle, because it appears to increase the risk to survival andreproductivefitness.
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However, this is not to suggest that consortships and group integration could not have contributed toreproductivefitnessand selection for language at some later point during hominin evolution.
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But the associated cancer is probably not the cause of the selection because it is a late-onset condition that has a relatively small effect onreproductivefitness.
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Feeding on slightly anaemic hosts could thus be expected to enhance thereproductivefitnessof anopheline mosquitoes, by increasing the protein source available for egg production.
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Surprisingly, there were no significantreproductivefitnessbenefits of minimizing kinship over random choice of parents in spite of substantially lower inbreeding in the former than the latter.
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Postovulatory ageing of oocytes decreasesreproductivefitnessand longevity of offspring.
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