male offspring
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaleandoffspring
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male
adjective
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition ofmaleandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For example, parents seeking economic advantage for theirmaleoffspringmay find they contribute to an oversupply of male offspring, making each less valuable.
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Several authors have suggested that the probability of conceivingmaleoffspring, p(m), may decline across the fertile period.
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However, of the 15 females used in this experiment, three individuals produced onlymaleoffspring, and were assumed to have remained unmated.
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Table 3 shows that, no matter to whom they are mated, significantly more than 50 % of theirmaleoffspringare normal-winged.
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Our results extend this relationship into the young adult years, at least formaleoffspring.
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It must be borne in mind that in our experiments the parasitoids were unmated and therefore only able to producemaleoffspring.
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Having onejallele, they are expected to produce 50 % normal-winged and 50 % club or curlymaleoffspring.
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For example, parents seeking economic advantage for theirmaleoffspringmay find that they contribute to an oversupply of male offspring, making each less valuable.
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Two types of theory have been proposed to explain the varying probability of obtainingmaleoffspringduring the fertile period.
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Offspring from each of six females were exposed to each diet and threemaleoffspring/parent female/diet were measured.
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Diabetes in oldmaleoffspringof rat dams fed a reduced protein diet.
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This was observed in both female andmaleoffspring.
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That said, some women did in fact apply for land while others with youngmaleoffspringbecame de facto owners upon the death of their husbands.
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Guerrero (1974) has suggested that the probability of obtainingmaleoffspringmay increase across the fertile period following artificial insemination.
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In adultmaleoffspringexposed to corticosterone as fetuses, exploratory activity was increased, while in females spontaneous locomotion was increased, but there was no effect on exploratory activity.
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Maleoffspringtend to live in their natal groups until they are about two years old, sometimes being forcefully expelled by the resident adult males.
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Parents described theirmaleoffspringas adventurous and observatory, as for female offspring, they were noted to be more fragile.
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If the female mates with a male she produces male and female offspring; if she goes unmated, her eggs will all yieldmaleoffspring.
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Juvenilemaleoffspringleave the harem and live either solitarily, or, with other young males in groups known as bachelor herds.
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