breeding population
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbreedingandpopulation
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breeding
noun[U]
uk/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/us/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/
the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofbreedingandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbreeding population
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Conducting surveys of thebreedingpopulationas an ongoing process.
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Since 2007, it has been a prohibited area where access is only allowed by permit in order to protect thebreedingpopulationof seabirds.
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The totalbreedingpopulationis estimated to be over 300,000 pairs.
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The largestbreedingpopulationof black-browed albatross is found on the islands, making up over 60% of the global black-browed albatross population.
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The biological definition is based on the concept of abreedingpopulation.
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But such high investments are often involved in testing thebreedingpopulation.
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Indeed, abreedingpopulationgenerally has a large genetic basis and a complex structure.
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Because the flowers are dimorphic within the samebreedingpopulation, we assumed that the two flower morphs should share similar developmental constraints, should these exist.
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Early generation selection for important agronomic characteristics in a potatobreedingpopulation.
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This resulted in abreedingpopulationfor each line of around 60 individuals, so that the expected inbreeding coefficient by the end of the experiment was about 16%.
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Individuals are then recruited, approximately binomially, to thebreedingpopulationfrom a very large pool of juveniles.
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In general, any changes to the amino acid sequences of the subunits that would interfere with these functions would not be incorporated into thebreedingpopulationas a whole.
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It is the maintenance of thebreedingpopulationin this matter which is really the point of importance.
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These are intended to form the basis of successfulbreedingpopulationin future years.
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Those who wish to maintain abreedingpopulationof birds under favourable conditions, and perhaps to improve them, are no doubt entitled to some help.
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A clear cut target is given of increasing thebreedingpopulationto 200 pairs by the year 2000.
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As of late 2013, there were fewer than 50 in the wild and fewer than 300 individuals in a captivebreedingpopulation.
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