reproductive maturity

collocation in English

meaningsofreproductiveandmaturity

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reproductive
adjective
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/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us
/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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maturity
noun[U]
uk
/məˈtʃʊə.rə.ti/us
/məˈtʊr.ə.t̬i/
the quality of behaving mentally and emotionally like ...
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The acceleration of both sexes'reproductivematurityin recent times attests to our species' potential to mature early under propitious conditions.
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We usually think of ancestral populations as having reachedreproductivematurityrather late.
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The definition of onset ofreproductivematurityin mice has changed over time.
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One important set of traits potentially correlated with rate of development in body weight are those involvingreproductivematurityin females.
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A second explanation is that afterreproductivematurity, the probability of infertility increases with age.
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This effect is counteracted by laterreproductivematurityof males and\\or higher adult mortality of males (rows 13 and 15).
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Despite the presence of large numbers of worms in the trout very few females (2%) attained fullreproductivematurity.
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In contrast to the situation in trout, the proportion of female worms attaining fullreproductivematurity was 61% fulfilling the expected characteristic of a preferred definitive host.
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Lastly, the life-cycle of the parasite is direct and the generation time from birth toreproductivematurity is short, being a matter of days as opposed to weeks.
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The average age ofreproductivematurityfor both males and females is around one year of age.
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Reproductivematurityis reached 85 days after hatching (133 days after deposition of the fertilized eggs).
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This phenomenon is characterized by eusocial individuals that become fixed into one behavioral group, which usually occurs beforereproductivematurity.
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As the imprinted bird or animal reachesreproductivematurity, its courtship behavior is directed toward objects that resemble the imprinting object.
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Reproductivematuritytypically occurs at seven to ten years.
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Reproductivematurityis reached the second year of life.
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Given ideal conditions, individuals can reachreproductivematurityin 24 years in the field and 12 years in a shade house.
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The average age atreproductivematurityis approximately 450 days.
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In about three days the adult reachesreproductivematurity.
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Females reachreproductivematurityaround four to five years old, while males reachreproductivematurityaround two to two and a half years old.
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The seedlings grow slowly and several years pass before the plants reachreproductivematurity.
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