Sentence examples for reduction of fecundity from inspiring English sources

The cell suspension of X. nematophila that was cultivated for 48 h at the concentration of 1 × 108 cells/ml was found to cause the maximum mortality of L. perniciosus (85 88 %) and reduction of fecundity of its offspring (22.84 %).

A significant reduction of fecundity in fish exposed to DEHP was observed.

It seems that, as a result, the reduction of fecundity costs in uninfected female offspring does not suffice to offset the increased costs of CI incurred by mutant females.

Ageing can have important effects on individual fitness because of its influence on feeding rates [7], mortality rates [8], [9] and reproductive success through reduction of fecundity [10] and mating ability [11].

If this is true, it is not paid in reduction of fecundity or of lifespan.

In the youngest mosquitoes, the parasite and low food availability had similar effects; a reduction of fecundity by about ten eggs.

The MiTI was strongly effective in reduction of fertility and fecundity which persisted for successive generations.

Moreover, females expressing ML genomes tend to display reduced yeast-feeding behaviour, which is probably linked to the reduction of their fecundity.

These scenarios were compared with hypothetical metapopulation models where the conservation-of-individuals law was invalidated, i.e. assuming no reduction of local fecundity with increasing X by keeping the number of seeds dispersed within treeSO constant and independent of X (i.e. pSO→TA = 1 for Atree1 …  n submatrices in eqn 12).

Trade-offs embedded in the relationship between flower size and pollination success contribute to a reduction in the variance of fecundity among species.

However, the sizeable and persistent downregulation of the transcriptome and associated significant reduction in fecundity of aphids fed on BPMV-infected soybean were unexpected given that A. glycines does not transmit BPMV.