reproductive system
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reproductive
adjective
uk/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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Effect of ageing on the femalereproductivesystem: evidence for a role of uterine senescence in the decline in female fertility.
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An antimicrobial peptide gene found in the malereproductivesystemof rats.
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The malereproductivesystemwas distinguished by the presence of testicular lobes, gynaecophoric canal and seminal vesicle (fig. 2).
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The remaining part of the body was dissected to examine the femalereproductivesystem.
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This absence of enzyme polymorphism supports the assumption of selfing as the dominantreproductivesystemin this hermaphroditic host species.
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In this paper we demonstrate that worms indeed had undergone morphological changes in theirreproductivesystem.
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The species is gonochoristic, with a bilaterally symmetricalreproductivesystem.
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Therefore, in thereproductivesystem, the effect of mitochondrial damage on primordial follicles may help to explain the 'maternal age effect'.
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Certainly, development of gonads andreproductivesystemducts has been completely suppressed.
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Early descriptions of taxa relied upon analysis of morphological variation, including observations on shell shape and size, on the radula and on thereproductivesystem.
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Thirdly, thereproductivesystemmay also be a relevant factor, although one that has received little attention.
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Thereproductivesystemof females was distinguished by the presence of ovary, seminal receptacle, oviduct, oocytes and uterus (fig. 1).
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The data suggest that thereproductivesystemis not fully mature prior to entry of the fluke into the bile duct.
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Timing of the development of thereproductivesystemin different tsetse species is similar, and a similar result can be expected for other species.
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In active females however, thereproductivesystemis immature.
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Higher mortality for children born to women at older ages may result from declining efficiency of thereproductivesystem.
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The maximum potential of the humanreproductivesystemis very rarely fulfilled.
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From the evolutionary point of view, the results suggest a complex interaction among selective forces which interact with thereproductivesystem.
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When migration occurs via pollen, consanguinity of thereproductivesystemcould have a negative influence on subpopulation persistence, in contrast to the case of isolated populations.
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Most of the known endocrine disruptors studied to date appear to affect thereproductivesystem, although there are other environmental agents that are known to alter the thyroid hormone system.
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