Sentence examples for attractiveness itself from inspiring English sources

Female guppies are thought to benefit from mating with attractive males because attractiveness itself is highly heritable and thus choosy females' sons are more likely to be attractive than are the sons of indiscriminate females [ 24].

Several studies have demonstrated sexual selection operating on male ornamental and display traits (see [ 3] for an extensive review), the presence of substantial additive genetic variation in these traits [ 13, 14] and in male attractiveness itself [ 15].

Thus the components of selection operating directly on ornamental traits are largely opposed by indirect selection on correlated traits, and multivariate genetic constraint on male ornamentation is a plausible explanation for the lack of response in attractiveness itself.

That honour went to the combination of broad shoulders and a narrow waist, which accounted for around three-quarters of the variation in attractiveness all by itself.

"The toy companies will do everything in their power to make sure [a film] sells as many toys as possible, and if they do that, it will take away from the attractiveness of the movie itself," Muller said.

The basic competition is price competition, but this is moderated somewhat by such non-price forms of competition as convenience of location, selection and display of merchandise, attractiveness of the retail establishment itself, and intangible factors such as reputation in the community.

Asking for the best and worst attributes provides no information about the attractiveness of the choice scenario itself, precluding predictions of effective use or demand by patients and consumers.

During secular bear markets similar to the one that the U.S. arguably finds itself in today, the attractiveness of strategic asset allocation and indexing is diminished as investors achieve only a very minimal rate of return in equities.

And this, in itself, is a form of attractiveness.

Their injection of economic dynamism will itself increase the EU's attractiveness as a model.

From the beginning the two figures share a Midwestern accent and a plain, unmistakably American attractiveness that doesn't call attention to itself.