The phrase "allocation offspring" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to the distribution or assignment of offspring in a specific context, but without additional context, it is unclear.
Example: "The allocation offspring of the breeding program will be monitored for genetic diversity."
Alternatives: "distribution of offspring" or "assignment of offspring".
The latter was performed using the cumulative allocation option: offspring are allocated sequentially, that is, first using one locus, then two, three, and so forth until a set of allocations is obtained for each subset of l = [1… L] loci, where L is the total number of loci used in the study.
Our "safe bet hypothesis" will be applicable to the female-biased sex allocation of offspring by many small mammalian species that experience drastic population fluctuations.
As previously stated, increases in body mass and nutrient allocation to offspring during gestation can result in decreased locomotor performance in reproductive females [ 1, 6, 14].
We investigated (1) the relationship between the sex allocation of offspring and maternal condition for 3 years, and (2) the effects of habitat saturation (mouse density and food condition) on birth sex ratios.
Because of their large litter size, short periods until sexual maturity, multiple reproduction cycles within a year, and quick saturation of populations due to short life spans, they are a suitable group in which to investigate the effect of litter size variation on the adaptive sex allocation of offspring.
This is because direct financial allocations to offspring, along with investments in skill acquisition through formal education, may doubly advantage offspring by offering the additional benefit of increased ability to generate new wealth during the life course (Kaplan 1996; Kaplan et al. 2002; Rogers 1990).
Furthermore, to evaluate female investment in reproduction, we calculated reproductive allocation by dividing offspring weight by the sum of offspring weight plus somatic dry weight [ 95].
In internal fertilisers, mothers can bias allocation to their offspring according to the paternity of those offspring [21], [22] and thus maternal effects in internal fertilisers could confuse the relative contributions of genetic diversity effects with other potential mechanisms that drive the benefits associated with multiple mating.
