Sentence examples for increasing fecundity from inspiring English sources

Since we found no effects in early life history, we hypothesize that domestication of the axolotl may have altered yolk properties or allocation dynamics and that maternal investment in yolk reserves may manifest at later life stages by reducing the time to reproductive maturity or increasing fecundity.

In contrast, the new endemics, with their significantly higher ancestral reproductive rates, show a clear trend of increasing fecundity as they diversified in an Australia already saturated with rodents.

In other cases, Wolbachia was found to benefit to its female host by increasing fecundity [ 4, 22].

Some workers have postulated that gigantism might be adaptive for the parasitic castrators, by increasing fecundity or survivorship [e.g., [ 15, 16, 18, 23, 47, 48]].

napi), male derived nutrients are important to female fitness not only by increasing fecundity, but also by allowing old females to histolyse their wing muscles and convert these resources into eggs [ 43].

One by one nutrient replenishment to otherwise severely calorie-restricted fruit fly demonstrates that only amino acids addition is effective in decreasing the lifespan and increasing fecundity, indicating that the amount of calories per se does not affect the lifespan [ 47].

In such cases, can we partition the benefits of delay into those that depend on increased fecundity, versus those that result solely from increased representation in a future population?

This reduction in mortality is accompanied by increased fecundity.

The increased fecundity was actualized by decreased interbirth interval and a longer reproductive period (greater age at last birth); the proximate (molecular) mechanisms relating altered function of BRCA1/2 to increased fecundity remain unclear.

In case of gilthead seabream and European sea bass, PUFA-enriched diet increased fecundity, fertilization and egg quality (Izquierdo et al. 2001).

It is likely that the increased fecundity is due to accessibility to nectar at the bottom of corolla because of their smaller body sizes.