Sentence examples for mating partners are from inspiring English sources

A paper in the August 9 , 2002issue of Cell(Miller and Johnson, 2002) shows that mating competence is increased dramatically when mating partners are in a rare switch variant cell type that does not normally occur at body temperature.

Bidirectional CI is caused by two Wolbachia strains and can occur when mating partners are infected with different strains.

We indeed observed that they stay longer in their natal nests when mating partners are available but leave earlier when male competitors are present.

For exposure to prion disease to shape PRNP allele frequency in susceptible populations, salient parameters will be the presence of a disease-related physiological deficit at the age when mating partners are selected, and exposure at an endemic level.

From an evolutionary perspective, this extremely sensitive gradient-sensing may be useful when mating partners are separated by long distances.

One explanation for the shift to selfing is the evolutionary advantage that would accrue to selfing individuals over outcrossers when pollinators or mating partners are scarce, generally referred to as 'reproductive assurance' [ 4].

They left earlier when mating partners were not available or when other males were present.

The fact that outbred pairs were more fertile than inbred pairs strongly supports the adaptive value of this mating system, which includes no "best phenotype" as the quality of two mating partners is primarily linked to their relatedness.

Thus antennal contact between mating partners is not necessary to induce copulation.

Inbreeding might also be more likely to occur when groups are small and choice over mating partners is restricted.

This implies that the fitness of both mating partners is affected, which is indicative of a harmful strategy.