Sentence examples for mating with multiple from inspiring English sources

Women could improve the quality of their babies by mating with multiple partners while fertile,  researchers say.

The resulting mother offspring conflict is expected to lead to polyandry (females mating with multiple males) and to males that are smaller, less showy and more prone to opportunistic or 'sneaky' mating.

Bateman concluded there was greater variability in both reproductive and mating success among males than females, and that while mating with multiple partners increased the chances of a male passing on his genes, this was not the case for females.

A single female may occupy the tree for up to a week, mating with multiple males over that time.

"This research offers some of the first evidence that sperm has evolved to become more competitive in response to females mating with multiple males," said Balshine, adding that female promiscuity is a major problem for males because sperm from rival suitors will "compete in order to procreate".

A number of recent studies have shown that mating with multiple males results in offspring with higher performance but without the expected biases towards better or more compatible males [11], [12], [13], [14].

The ability of a male to mate with multiple CS females and the fecundity of these matings was also assessed.

The queens in most commercial beekeeping operations are mated with multiple drones.

(Female flies typically mate with multiple males over a short time period).

We know that male animals seek to mate with multiple females to increase their chances of reproductive success.

Early in life queens make mating flights during which they mate with multiple drones that die once they have deposited their sperm.