Sentence examples for reproduction if from inspiring English sources

Evolutionary psychology offers a theory: A stressful childhood inclines a body toward early reproduction; if life is hard, best to mature young.

They have the shield of anti-discrimination laws, at least in theory, and the means to delay reproduction — if not always support for the demands of family that follow.

For example, plant-feeding insects may have large detrimental effects on plant survival or reproduction if they attack small or nonvigorous plants but may have little or no effect on large or vigorous plants of the same species.

A string is selected for reproduction if the random number is within the range of its roulette wheel slot.

We conclude that TiO2 nanomaterials can affect earthworm reproduction if the test is carried out according to OECD Test Guideline No. 222 using natural sandy soil.

In a warming scenario, with a predicted increase in N and P availability by nutrient mineralization and atmospheric deposition, this species should probably experience some benefits for its growth and reproduction if not limited by other factors such as the length of the growing season or interspecific competition.

Younger age at reproductive cessation in the Poor women might have however been adaptive, if reproduction in advanced age was especially risky for their health and survival, or if the Poor women achieved their desired family size sooner than other women.

Studies showing inability to reproduce in isolation were only included if reproduction in the presence of males was confirmed, to rule out poor lab rearing conditions or lack of reproductive maturity of individuals.

However, if size influences reproduction and if the CV in body size declines as fishing pressure increases, a trend that may be characteristic of many intensively exploited populations, the strength of selection for smaller size is predicted to be comparatively rapid.

The Argonauts is about these small, miraculous domestic dramas, and the ardent acts of readjustment and care that they require, but it is also a reconsideration of what the institutions established around sexuality and reproduction mean if you come at them at a slant, if you disrupt them by the very fact of your being.

They were vital to reproduction even if they weren't themselves having babies.