Sentence examples for maternal compared to from inspiring English sources

Under assumed genetic mating symmetry, contributions through the maternal genotype would be apparent as over-representation of risk alleles in the maternal compared to the paternal genotype, among parents of affected offspring.

We then investigated whether (2) antimicrobial activity was stronger in maternal compared to nymphal feces, as expected under the assumption that it reflects a post-hatching form of maternal care.

Higher maternal compared to infant RBC-DHA contents were previously noted after daily supplementation of pregnant women from 20 weeks of gestation until delivery with a high fish oil supplement containing 2.24 g DHA and 1.12 g EPA [ 47].

Specifically, antimicrobial activities against A. niger and S. cerevisae were lower in maternal compared to nymphal feces, whereas antimicrobial activities against B. subtilis and S. aureus were independent of feces producer (Table  1a).

Interstitial duplication of the same interval has been found in cases of autism, and data suggest a higher risk for autism with maternal compared to paternal duplications [ 5- 7].

In line with the prediction that antifungal components are more concentrated in maternal than nymphal feces, we found that the antimicrobial activities per mg of feces against B. subtilis and S. aureus were larger in maternal compared to nymphal feces (Table  1b, Figure  2).

Paternal, compared to maternal, contributions were believed to have only a limited influence on embryonic development and larval fitness traits in fishes.

We found that most newly transmitted viruses were less susceptible to neutralization by their maternal plasma compared to contemporaneous maternal viruses.

In rhesus macaques, the presentation of coo calls, a vocalization uttered in prosocial contexts, elicited a stronger response in close maternal kin compared to more distant maternal kin or maternally unrelated females (Rendall et al. 1996).

Primiparous females may also exhibit lower levels of maternal care or inefficient maternal behaviours compared to multiparous females resulting in a reduced delivery of milk energy to offspring.

Genomic imprinting has evolved under conditions of higher relatedness to maternal kin compared to paternal kin, coupled with increased investment in offspring by females compared to males (Haig 2004, 2013).