Sentence examples for prior mate from inspiring English sources

They are the first litter born from the union of Katharina, 13, and Sasha, 15, though Katharina had children by a prior mate.

This activity causes her to release a droplet of semen containing the sperm of prior mates before a new male begins to mate with her.

In addition, male damselflies and dragonflies (order Odonata) use their genitalia to physically remove or compact the sperm of the female's prior mates before they inseminate her with their own sperm.

The sperm of the male that mated most recently with the female is most likely to have fertilized the eggs, but the sperm from a prior mating may still prevail.

We therefore set out to investigate the influence of a fly's prior mating experience on its dispersal.

One question that arises based on the presented model is whether exogenous dopamine is sufficient to induce a "refractory period" in the absence of prior mating.

In contrast, if we introduced flies into environments containing food, males dispersed at a lower rate than females, with prior mating experience further inhibiting dispersal.

From these studies, we suggest that prior mating experience is a significant and likely important factor modulating the dispersal of Drosophila.

To test the influence of mating status on dispersal from both food and water, we compared the dispersal of both males and females with prior mating experience to that of virgin flies.

This difference in female "responsiveness" (the likelihood that a female will respond to a potential mate) may be influenced by a number of factors including her prior mating experience, social experience, and environmental/developmental conditions [ 1, 2].

We believe we are the first to demonstrate an influence of prior mating experience on the dispersal of males, and as well, to directly compare their dispersal to that of females from distinct environments with and without food.