reproductive period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreproductiveandperiod
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reproductive
adjective
uk/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofreproductiveandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofreproductive period
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In mammalian ovaries only a few of the numerous follicles produced during prenatal development mature and ovulate during thereproductiveperiod.
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This type of behaviour can only be explained by the way coital frequency changed over thereproductiveperiodof women and over the year.
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The most variable phase was thereproductiveperiodin both seasons, followed by the flowering to podding period in 1999/2000.
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Pregnancy occurred at a fairly constant rate throughout thereproductiveperiod, with little fall off in older women.
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This event, called spontaneous maturation, only takes place in oocytes collected during thereproductiveperiod, which have a metabolically mature cytoplasm.
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Family size is generally defined as the number of children born to couples whose marriages remain intact throughout the wife'sreproductiveperiod.
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Also, the thermal times for thereproductiveperiodvaried substantially between the cropping seasons.
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Thus, the yield of this crop would be especially sensitive to adverse environmental factors during thereproductiveperiod.
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Research on the timing of fertility events has concentrated on the beginning of thereproductiveperiod.
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Daily egg production was fairly constant over the entirereproductiveperiod.
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However, if treatment is performed during thereproductiveperiod, with oocytes capable of undergoing spontaneous maturation, meiotic resumption occurs at high levels similar to that obtained by manual defolliculation.
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Rice yield potential is closely related to crop growth rate during latereproductiveperiod.
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In the latter instance the modifiers would only need to be effective during the normal life span of the individual which in the past rarely exceeded thereproductiveperiod.
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However, if the treatment is performed during thereproductiveperiod, with oocytes capable of undergoing spontaneous maturation, meiosis resumption occurs in high percentages, similar to those obtained by manual defolliculation.
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A cumulative frequency distribution of population sizes was computed for eachreproductiveperiodand the lowest 0.1%, 1% and 5% of the 10,000 runs were noted.
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This decrease results in part from the fact that the older women might have had relatively little access to modern contraception until relatively late in theirreproductiveperiod.
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