fertile offspring

collocation in English

meaningsoffertileandoffspring

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fertile
adjective
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/ˈfɜː.taɪl/us
/ˈfɝː.t̬əl/
Fertile land can produce a large number of good ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition offertileandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Production offertileoffspringfrom genetically infertile male mice.
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It is a hybrid, a mule, and can produce nofertileoffspring.
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This suggests that the two populations interbred and producedfertileoffspring.
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A more correct definition, which incorporates inclusive fitness, is the relative production offertileoffspringby a genotype.
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Teosinte and maize are able to cross-breed and producefertileoffspring.
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These two species of sulfur butterflies have retained a large degree of genetic compatibility that allows them the produce viable andfertileoffspring.
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Under this definition, both parental forms could be argued to be same species if they can producefertileoffspringat least some of the time.
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Once thought to be two entirely different species, recent evidence suggests that both bears can interbreed and producefertileoffspring.
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The four species can interbreed and producefertileoffspring.
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In the wild they rarely produce hybrids, although in the laboratory it is possible to producefertileoffspring.
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The male leopon is afertileoffspringof a male leopard and a female lion.
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If a proper call is produced while the two species are placed in proximity; mating will occur withfertileoffspringresulting.
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Interestingly, crosses between a particular teosinte variety and maize yieldsfertileoffspringthat are intermediate in phenotype between maize and teosinte.
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The two types do not readily interbreed, butfertileoffspringcan occur.
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These non-migratory mallards interbreed with indigenous wild ducks from local populations of closely related species through genetic pollution by producingfertileoffspring.
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A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producingfertileoffspring.
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The phenomenon of interbreeding between both is then attributed to the statement that all wolf-like species can interbreed and producefertileoffspring.
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In spite of this, these species can still hybridize and producefertileoffspring.
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Boars with 36 chromosomes have successfully mated with animals possessing 38, resulting infertileoffspringwith 37 chromosomes.
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This allows them to hybridize freely (barring size or behavioral constraints) and producefertileoffspring.
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