Larviposition requires females to actively leave their hosts, and find a suitable habitat for offspring development.
The construction of the subterranean chambers by males of the Leptodactylus fuscus group and the Adenomera species is considered a type of parental care, with the parents providing a more suitable microhabitat for offspring development [ 14, 37].
Assuming that a female ladybird can locate a suitable aphid colony, her offspring are likely to thrive.
It is still common in China for parents in rural areas to help their offspring find a suitable partner, by arranging dates or through introductions.
The female otters do not dig their own dens; instead, they rely on other animals, such as beavers, to provide suitable environments to raise their offspring.
Phenotypes presenting high vagility are more likely to found new populations and their offspring to preempt suitable habitats [14].
Centenarians' offspring represent a suitable model to study age-dependent variables (e.g. IGF-I) potentially involved in the modulation of the lifespan.
The usual recommendation to optimize contributions for breeding individuals by maximizing gene diversity in the offspring is not suitable for populations with historic migration because maximization of gene diversity would be achieved by maximization of migrant contributions.
Under some stressful situations, a state of stress tolerance can be passed on to the offspring rendering them more suitable to stressful events than their parents.
Dr. Thomas Elias, director of the National Arboretum, predicts that the sprout from the 4,600-year-old 4,600-year-old 4,600-year-oldselah will not survive in Washington ("At Age 4,600-Plus, Methuselah Pine Tree bristleconeOffspineg," June 17) and says a more suitable arboretum would be at high altitudes like Denver.
