Sentence examples for average generation time from inspiring English sources
The average age of reproduction was 25 years for females and 24 years for males, giving them an average generation time of about 25 years.
Gorilla females ranged in age from 7.3 to 38 years when they gave birth, and the average generation time for both sexes was about 19.3 years.
For example the average generation time will depend markedly on the fraction of time spent in the host and environment, which will vary over time, Also the effective population size will vary and affect retention of the mutations involved.
We simulated the data under possible values of the mutation rate ranging from 0.01 to 0.2 mutations/site/myrs and assumed an average generation time of one year for Dicrostonyx torquatus [44].
Expression [6] generalizes similar relations in the TSIR literature by casting them in terms of new cases over arbitrarily chosen observation intervals τ, not necessarily coinciding with the average generation time γ−1.
Close to the extinction/ survival boundary, survival is reduced if the chance of dying at random (such as from viral infection, [29]) exceeds a threshold - the average lifespan becomes less than the average generation time.
Until recently, however, researchers didn't have DNA samples from enough chimps and other primates in the wild to prove paternity so that they could calculate average generation times accurately.
Unlike herbaceous annuals, woody perennial species are characterized not only by long-lived individual plants but also by longer average generation times than annuals.
We assumed the average generation times of both species were 1 year because both species are believed to breed once or twice per year.
As far as we are aware of this is one of very few studies of gene flow in species that are long-lived and that have long average generation times.
Obtained growth curves of triplicate cultures were LN(2 -transformed and average generation times were calculated by determination of the derivative of the values between the points of maximal slope (exponential growth phase).
