Sentence examples for long breeding from inspiring English sources

Outdoor pools are open all year long, breeding water polo players and teenage swimmers sleek as seals.

Hence, small clutch (and litter) size, high incidence of cooperative breeding, helping in the nest, nomadism and 48-hour intervals in egg laying, protracted molt, extended parental care, long breeding seasons, and increased longevity are among the biological characteristics of Australian birds and mammals that have been attributed to environmental conditions [19] [21], [23], [39] [42].

Low rates of flowering and the long breeding cycle further render conventional breeding of cassava arduous [ 7].

This system could result from three main factors, namely the long breeding male tenure, the non-dispersal behaviour exhibited by some individuals and the high variance in reproductive success among silverback males.

Magpies have a long breeding season which varies in different parts of the country; in northern parts of Australia they will breed between June and September, but not commence until August or September in cooler regions, and may continue until January in some alpine areas.

Most pigeons are multibrooded and have long breeding seasons, timed to correspond with the period of high food availability for both adults and young.

Man's closest relatives are all long extinct; breeding experiments on humans aren't allowed (they would take far too long, anyway); and the mental life of our ancestors left few fossils.

Most people here have fled Sudan and Somalia, countries long considered breeding grounds for terrorism.

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Pedigree methods and estimates of identity-by-descent have long assisted breeding programs to predict genetic merit before trait evaluation (Crossa et al. 2010).

The mapping population chosen for this purpose met two important criteria; segregating for the trait of interest and is relevant in the long term breeding scheme or strategy to improve the oil quality trait.