Sentence examples for level of reproduction from inspiring English sources

And Atwood not only gets the reading of the Bible correct, she also foresaw that we would wreck the planet at the level of reproduction, too.

The methods developed maximize the sound output while (1) keeping within the voltage constraints of the sources and (2) maintaining a suitable level of reproduction accuracy.

In the case of evolutionary transitions, this allows us to separate the basic development involved in the origin of a new biological level from the later evolution of sophisticated developmental mechanisms for the "stabilization and maintenance of a new level of reproduction" (2000, 77).

An aspect of reproducers that has fascinated thinkers is that it does not imply a particular level of reproduction or progeneration, and indeed Szathmáry and Maynard Smith consider that the major transitions of evolution each involve an evolved mode of progeneration that is more inclusive or novel than what it evolved from (Szathmáry and Maynard Smith 1997; Maynard Smith and Szathmáry 1998).

They play a vital role in maintaining the health of ocean ecosystems, but due to their slow growth rate and low level of reproduction, sharks are especially vulnerable to fishing pressure.

It is likely that the female morphs have different costs associated with maintaining this standard level of reproduction and therefore have to trade-off elsewhere, e.g. in clutch- or egg size, especially as reproduction seems to be of overriding importance.

A previously published population model [8] indicates that, without releases and chelation therapy, the condor population would decline rapidly under these circumstances, regardless of whether the "most likely" or "maximum conceivable" levels of reproduction are assumed (Table 5).

Similarly, reasonable levels of reproduction in terms of calving interval and age at first calving were maintained under regular trypanocidal therapy in the cows that were monitored over the same period (1986 to 1992) (Rowlands et al., 1994b).

There is therefore a need to understand the risks, at all levels, of reproduction between farm and wild Atlantic salmon in order to assess the probability of introgression and genetic swamping.

Also, our observations are generally in line with other gene expression studies, where lower expression levels of reproduction or cell-cycle genes were found in relation to longer lifespan ([ 1, 45, 50, 51], but see [ 38]).

In contrast, only a low level inhibition of reproduction was observed in the Danube sediment suggesting that this sample is less toxic.