The phrase "although offspring" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be used in a context where a contrast is being made regarding offspring, but it requires additional information to be meaningful.
Example: "Although offspring can inherit traits, they may also develop unique characteristics."
Alternatives: "even though offspring" or "despite offspring".
Although offspring have two copies of each gene, a chemical signal added to genes in sperm or egg prevents one copy from being expressed.
Thus, although offspring of lactating mothers on high-protein diet might have the advantage of lower abdominal fat within the second half of life, this benefit seems not to compensate the immense risk of an early sudden death during lactation.
Although offspring size positively influences milk production in some domestic species (e.g. [44]), there is no relationship between a pup's birth mass and subsequent daily milk intake in grey seals (see Text S1, Figure S2).
Consequently, although offspring of lactating mothers on high-protein diet might have the advantage of lower abdominal fat within the second half of life, this benefit seems not to compensate the immense risk of an early sudden death during lactation.
Although offspring plants resulting from aneuploid gametes survive, their number might be (slightly) reduced.
Gregarious species can still gain some fitness from laying eggs on an already parasitised host (superparasitism), although offspring will often be small and of lower fitness (Godfray, 1994).
Although the offspring seem healthy, the experiment raises the possibility that particle pollution could cause other, less innocuous DNA changes that can be passed on to the next generation.
Upon reaching sexual maturity, the young monkeys are usually evicted from their natal group, although the offspring of a high-ranking female may get to stay in its natal group.
Although fewer offspring resulted from µG culture than in the 1G controls, their body and placental weights were within normal range, and the mice grew to adulthood.
At 24 h after IVF, although live offspring were born after embryo transfer into recipient females, the overall rate of production from the µG embryos was significantly lower than in the 1G controls (p<0.05).
Although all offspring inherit the mutation, often only some family members will develop the disease [30], which emphasizes the importance of nuclear genetic, epigenetic or environmental factors as phenotypical modulators of mitochondrial disorders.
