In the oviduct, the 67 genes were involved in 16 different biological processes, including, e.g., reproduction, cellular component morphogenesis, and cell cycle.
The GO annotation indicated that the differentially expressed genes were involved in many processes, such as reproduction, growth, cellular component biogenesis and organization, biological adhesion, and immune function.
"All three work as a result of differential reproduction of the components of populations" (this can mean organisms, families, or even differential reproduction of gametes) (p. 10).
Our EVOLVE model (Soderberg and Price, 2003; Price et al., 2005) also simulates selection (parsed into reproduction and survival components), migration, and genetic drift.
Spawning is a crucial component of reproduction.
Acquiring a blood meal is an essential component of reproduction for a female Ae. aegypti mosquito.
Nest-building behavior might also be under sexual selection by females because this behavior is an important component of reproduction.
For these reasons, lifespan after reproduction is an important component of fitness in the burying beetle (Ward et al., 2009).
Female Ae. aegypti require a vertebrate blood meal for the production of eggs, and finding a suitable warm-blooded host is therefore an essential component of reproduction.
