Atkinson, S. N. & Ramsay, M. A. The effect of prolonged fasting on the body composition and reproductive success of female polar bears (Ursus maritimus).
Dr. Paul McHugh, the former head of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, floated the notion that a cloned embryo was distinct -- in creation, composition and reproductive intent -- from a normally formed embryo.
The biological characteristics of S. pharaonis exploited near FADs were compared with those of free-schools exploited by commercial trawling with respect to catch rates, size composition and reproductive status.
A total of 356 early lactation multiparous Holstein cows were used in a randomized complete block design to determine the effects of feeding extruded linseed on milk production and composition, and reproductive performance.
Sexual selection theory predicts that both group composition and reproductive skew reflect male monopolization potential.
This change could, in turn, alter species composition and reproductive cycles, thereby redistributing benthic biomass.
In marine bivalves, studies examining physiological performance across large temporal scales have employed relatively basic proxies such as, growth rates [7], nutrient composition [8], reproductive output [9], [10] or specific gene pattern [11].
Apart from population composition, the reproductive status of the females can also be used as an indicator for the health status of the Artemia population.
Additional studies have revealed epistatic relationships influencing meat color, fatty acid composition and reproductive traits such as teat number or litter size [ 17- 20].
