The phrase "a sterility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the quality of being sterile or lacking in life, vitality, or creativity.
Example: "The laboratory maintained a sterility that was crucial for the success of the experiment."
Alternatives: "an absence of life" or "a lack of vitality."
Despite the competition, reproductive division of labor in colonies can be maintained even during this phase through the production of a sterility signal by sterile workers that has an appeasement effect on dominant nestmates.
Initially, the honeys were subjected to sterilization by γ-irradiation at a dose of 25 kGy followed by a sterility test before they were subjected to the various antimicrobial tests.
Passing out through the door he felt a dryness, a sterility, a high desert wind.
There was a sterility to it that I found both exotic and comforting.
There was a sterility to the collection, an almost self-conscious expense about the dead man's possessions.
"For me, there's a sterility to the way it's presented," he said.
A genetic model developed to explain CMS suggests that it involves a nuclear mitochondrial interaction in which a sterility-inducing factor (S) is generated in mitochondria, and one or more nuclear factors, termed restorers of fertility (Rf), capable of inhibiting the action of S (Hanson and Bentolila 2004).
For example, Gould (2008) proposed the introduction of a female sterility mutation linked to an HEG element to control the invasive outcrosser scotch broom.
Based on the integrated rice science database, Oryzabase, only a single gene is listed as a hybrid sterility gene on chromosome 10 F1 POLLEN STERILITY 18 (S18).
In China, a practical usable TGMS line needs a stable sterility period of longer than 30 days in given region.
"That sequencer bass that's chugging along through the whole thing has a certain energy to it but also a certain sterility because it's always the same.
