number of offspring
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnumberandoffspring
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number
noun
uk/ˈnʌm.bər/us/ˈnʌm.bɚ/
(a sign or symbol representing) a unit that forms part of the system of counting ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition ofnumberandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These haplotypes are determined using thenumberofoffspringinheriting the four alternative gametes for adjacent pairs of loci.
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It no longer was equivalent to the maximumnumberofoffspring, but, instead, factors such as the increase in dissipation.
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Pregnancy rate andnumberofoffspringwere recorded for each interval.
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The meannumberofoffspringper family, l, including both affected and unaffected offspring.
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The meannumberofoffspringper male is shown.
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Thenumberofoffspringper family (n) is 10, 20, 30 or 40.
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Numbers above the points designate thenumberofoffspringin each group.
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We may thus have missed female sterility resulting in a reducednumberofoffspringper female.
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Thenumberofoffspringper mating (n) was allowed to be noninteger.
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Thenumberofoffspringborn per generation was 100 (50 males and 50 females).
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The # approximation becomes more reliable as thenumberofoffspringincreases.
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Survival was analysed as proportion data specifying a binomial error structure with the totalnumberofoffspringin each treatment used as the binomial denominator.
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Table 3 shows the distribution of the women bynumberofoffspringafter age 15, including the emigrants.
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The reproduction process is repeated until the desirednumberofoffspringhas been obtained to form the new generation of solutions.
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After three days, which represents the first period of the experiment, the parents had given birth to anumberofoffspring.
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In the pig data, however, the averagenumberofoffspringper dam was only 2.7, and 22 dams (15 %) had only one progeny.
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This settlement holds a constancy and even a rise in thenumberofoffspring.
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