Collocations withoffspring
These are words often used in combination withoffspring.
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female offspring
This is further supported by the failure of matings between representatives of the different races to produce fertile female offspring.
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fertile offspring
Production of fertile offspring from genetically infertile male mice.
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future offspring
With multifactorial traits, there is no constant risk to future offspring as there is with conditions due to single genes.
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hybrid offspring
The present work indicates an impaired viability of hybrid offspring in both parental snail species.
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illegitimate offspring
These include legitimate and illegitimate offspring, the latter the product of media inseminations.
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legitimate offspring
In cases where a son or daughter died, their legitimate offspring were also entitled to this share of the inheritance.
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male offspring
For example, parents seeking economic advantage for their male offspring may find they contribute to an oversupply of male offspring, making each less valuable.
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number of offspring
These haplotypes are determined using the number of offspring inheriting the four alternative gametes for adjacent pairs of loci.
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resulting offspring
The resulting offspring sound is then compared to its parent.
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surviving offspring
Again, these analyses were restricted to include only families with four or more surviving offspring.
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viable offspring
Crossing of the parasite strains produced viable offspring in both combinations of the parental sexes.
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