Sentence examples for reproductive concept from inspiring English sources

To be honest, I don't like calling the reproductive concept "biological" – all species concepts in biology are biological, and so I call them "reproductive isolation concepts".

Although the "biological species concept" is usually associated with Ernst Mayr [especially Mayr, E. (1942) Systematics and the Origin of Species, Columbia University Press, N.Y.], it was Dobzhansky's earlier book [Dobzhansky. Th. (1937) Genetics and the Origin of Species, Columbia University Press, New York] that first re-established a reproductive concept of species in evolutionary biology.

To overcome the problems with the reproductive species concept, another concept that relies on ecology was proposed with reference to oaks [ 7].

If the above argument from hybridization against a strict reproductive isolation concept is accepted, it seems clear also that most variants of the phylogenetic species concept will also fail.

'Further details regarding the application of the reproductive value concept to models such as the one presented here will appear elsewhere (A.L. Lloyd, unpublished data).' We assumed that females could only mate twice based on empirical data on mosquitoes.

For example, there is much debate and literature out there on the various merits of the biological species concept (reproductive isolation) vs. the phylogenetic species concept (monophyly: populations share common ancestor) vs. morphospecies concept (morphological distinctiveness).

Instead, the hierarchy is intended as an organizational tool allowing clear identification of DUs based on four key generalizable concepts: reproductive isolation (criterion 1), phylogeographic history (criterion 2), local adaptation (criterion 3) and significant biogeographic separation (criterion 4).

The concept of reproductive fitness is at the heart of evolutionary theory, but its status has always been problematic.

In contrast, non-tree based methods have traditionally relied on the concept of reproductive isolation between species.

Unilateral promotion of contraception contradicts the concept of reproductive autonomy (Myer et al., 2005; Delvaux and Nöstlinger, 2007).

Participants' references to neutrality as well as 'non-directive' counselling are also in line with the concept of reproductive autonomy.