Sentence examples for sons compared to from inspiring English sources

In the highest-calorie group, 56% of the women had sons, compared to only 45% in the lowest-calorie group.

We recovered essentially equal numbers of msl1Mod/+ sons compared to either msl1Mod/+ sisters or +/+ brothers arguing against an antimorphic mechanism (data not shown).

Conversely, studies done in Ethiopia and Asia had revealed more preference towards sons compared to daughters because males inherit properties from their ancestors in a patrilineal society.

Pairing females with P males resulted in more male offspring compared to NP pairings and heavier females produced more sons compared to lighter females (pairing with P or NP male: Wald χ = 4.89, df = 1, p =0.027; female weight: Wald χ = 10.96, df = 1, p =0.001; interaction: Wald χ = 1.54, df = 1, p = 0.214).

For instance, according to the OECD, 47percentt of the economic advantage that high-earning fathers in the United States have over low-earning fathers is transmitted to their sons, compare to, say, 17percentt in Australia and 19percentt in Canada.

She has a network of contacts and expertise which massively improves the opportunities available to her son compared to most black people.

40% of MC + patients have more than one son compared to only 9% of MC- patients (Table  3).

Females that gained mass more likely switched from a daughter to a son compared to females that lost mass (Goerlich et al. unpublished data).

However, the significant difference in transmission rate from father to son compared to mother son, and the lower difference in risk between the sons and daughters of a father, compared to those of a mother (Table 8), is what would be expected if the Carter effect was present.

According to a survey carried out by Netmums a few years ago, mothers are twice as likely to be critical of their daughters than their sons (21% compared to 11.5%); more than a fifth said they let their sons get away with more; and more than one in four said they loved their sons in a different way to their daughters.

An overwhelming attachment to place is often a sign of immovable conservatism, and Cather can get dangerously close to blood-and-soil lingo, as when Ántonia's strapping sons are compared to "the founders of early races".