Sentence examples for reduce fecundity from inspiring English sources

Inhibin and follistatin are known to reduce fecundity by inhibiting the actions of activin and FSH.

Abiotic and biotic factors coupled with N. pyrausta usually have an additive effect in decreasing the fitness of O. nubilalis, i.e., cold temperatures reduce fecundity and increase larval mortality, host plant resistance reduces the number of larvae per plant.

They increase the life span of normoxic flies, reduce fecundity and increase the resistances to starvation and hypoxic stresses [9], [38], [39].

However, vaccines that only reduce fecundity would appear rather unattractive to individuals, as they provide no direct benefit to those who are vaccinated.

The Spring Condition Hypothesis (SCH) states that declines in female condition may reduce fecundity or breeding success [10], but some evidence is inconsistent with this idea [11].

As well as reducing adult densities, disturbances may reduce fecundity [6], [7] and may also lower survival of eggs, larvae and juveniles [8], [9].

Our observation that these insertions are possibly associated with reduced competitive fitness, reduced fecundity, and shorter life span are fully consistent with this suggestion.

Whether reduced yeast feeding causes reduced fecundity, or the other way around, and what other behaviours replaced feeding could not be deduced from these data.

Because the progeny from the reciprocal matings described in Figure 2A were genotypically identical (i.e. they were heterozygous), the smaller litter sizes we observed must be due to significantly reduced fecundity and not from reduced viability of the neonates.

It is well known that reduced growth often leads to a reduced fecundity [173 175].

As well as very reduced size, these frogs have reduced fecundity and show paedomorphic traits of reduced ossification and lack of digits.