Sentence examples for aggressive contests from inspiring English sources

The fatal plane crash that upended one of the nation's tightest and most aggressive contests for the United States Senate has also frozen the remarkable race to replace Gov. Jesse Ventura, the professional wrestler who was elected four years ago after an iconoclastic run against the political system.

The results still highlight the importance of social environment in determining the dynamics and outcomes of aggressive contests.

In 27 of 39 (69%) aggressive contests with a clear winner, the male that scored higher on PC1 won significantly more aggressive contests than expected by chance (binomial p = 0.024).

Of 52 completed aggressive contests, we could unambiguously determine a winner within the ten-minute time limit in 47.

We conducted two experiments to test the hypothesis that relatively larger weaponry conveys an advantage to males in aggressive contests.

All animals used in the aggressive contests were third generation offspring of adult G. pennsylvanicus caught from the same location during August and September of 2002.

In recent years the eager embrace of the capitalist impulse has largely been found in competitive reality television, where aggressive contest is thrilling and good, and the will to achieve is the lifeblood of the American way.

Each male took part in only one aggressive contest.

For each trial we recorded the duration of the aggressive contest – from first contact until the contest ended (one male retreated from its opponent following a break in the aggressive contest) – and the contest victor, determined as the individual that tremulated or stridulated, and chased its opponent.

Obligate siblicide represents the maximum challenge posed in an aggressive contest: two neonates are confined together until one kills the other.

As the difference in PC1 increased (i.e. weaponry of focal male became bigger), so too did the likelihood that the focal male would win the aggressive contest (slope±SE = 0.961±0.495, odds ratio = 2.6) (Fig. 3a).