Moreover, each network, though highly variable in terms of gene membership, is enriched for biological processes related to reproduction, including oogenesis and other functional terms that are consistent with reproduction and reproductive regulation (Table 2).
Significant morphometric and genetic differentiation found in coexisting taxa is consistent with reproductive barriers but inconsistent with geographic isolation.
Given the established role of the ER in normal reproductive function, the effects of MAA on the endogenous ER reported here are consistent with the reproductive abnormalities observed after EGME exposure and suggest that these toxicities may be due, at least in part, to attenuation of endogenous ER-mediated signaling.
Although extrapolation of the MAA doses used in this study to human exposure levels is challenging given the paucity of data that exists regarding EGME and MAA levels in exposed humans, the antiestrogenic effects of MAA we observed are consistent with the reproductive toxicities described for humans exposed to EGME (Correa et al. 1996; Welch et al. 1988; Welsch 2005).
These results are consistent with the expectations of reproductive reassurance by promotion of self-fertilization that played a critical role in the assembly of populations in isolated locations and/or extreme habitats.
Instead, the results are consistent with the establishment of Holocene reproductive barriers as predicted by the detailed paleolimnological record.
These data are consistent with a Drosophila soma/germline hormonal reproductive axis analogous to those found in mammals.
The observed shorter average telomere length in women with RM and the trend of longer telomere lengths in women in Control group 2, who have had viable pregnancies late in their reproductive life, are consistent with the hypothesis that telomere length is a determinant of the rate of reproductive aging in women.
Improved molecular analyses made during the 1990s strongly suggest bears as the giant panda's closest relatives, and many of their behavioral and reproductive characteristics are consistent with this placement.
Our results are consistent with a modest effect of certain reproductive factors upon thyroid cancer development.
