The phrase "age of maturation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the period in which an individual or organism reaches maturity or develops fully, often in biological or psychological contexts.
Example: "During the age of maturation, adolescents experience significant physical and emotional changes."
Alternatives: "maturity phase" or "developmental stage".
Stoning can also be reduced to lashes when a married woman has sex with a minor (Iranian law considers the age of maturation for girls nine, and for boys 15).
We report that early life caloric restriction, either before birth or during lactation, consistently accelerates the age of maturation.
Furthermore, the presence of a father during the juvenile period significantly accelerates the age of maturation for both males and females (Charpentier et al. 2008).
We evaluate the evidence that fishing is causing evolutionary changes to traits including body size, migration timing and age of maturation, and we discuss the implications for fisheries and conservation.
A study by Jokikokko et al. (2006) suggest a reduced survival of smolt-stocked Atlantic salmon, which likely affects the optimal age of maturation and migration in view of life-history trade-offs discussed previously.
In the meantime, economic values of growth rate, time and age of maturation, body shape, and carcass composition are related to their sexual development in some edible fish species [ 3].
Life history theory links earlier ages of maturation to ecological circumstances including energy availability, risks of predation and other causes of extrinsic mortality [25].
The effect of age on maturation probability is relatively small compared to the effect of body length, indicating that the latter is the dominant indicator of maturation probability for brook charr from unharvested lakes.
The attributed hereditary factors include early age of sexual maturation, premature fetal development, and family history of PCOS among first-degree relatives [ 1, 8].
The different expression patterns of FSHB and LHB gene between the two pig breeds may be dependent on their stages of pubertal development, suggesting an earlier age of pubertal maturation in Bama pig than that in Tibetan pig.
Horses four years old are considered mature, although the skeleton normally continues to develop until the age of six; maturation also depends on the horse's size, breed, sex, and quality of care.
