Sentence examples for which courtship from inspiring English sources

The measurement was done under identical conditions in which courtship frequency was measured.

Although this methodology permits experimental control, it filters out the actual contexts in which courtship and competition occur.

The courting pairs % refers to the number of trials in which courtship was observed for longer than one minute divided by the total number of trials.

During the 15 minutes in which courtship behavior was directly observed, 81% of diploid males (21/26) and 96% of haploid males (23/24) engaged in courtship (Chi-squared test, χ = 1.45, df = 1, p = 0.23).

Although it is not feasible to control for the expression strength of the aPN1, vPN1, and pC1 drivers, we suspect that the different dynamics of chaining behavior induced by activating aPN1, vPN1, or pC1 neurons may reflect the intrinsic properties of the cell types and the manner in which courtship song is encoded in these neurons.

An eminent example of harm induced by males to females in an attempt to maximize their mating rate and fertilization success is represented by Drosophila melanogaster, in which courtship and transfer of seminal fluid are known to increase female mortality rate and decrease lifetime reproductive success while increasing male competitive abilities [ 22].

In this paradigm, the courtship behaviour of male flies is conditioned by exposure to non-receptive females, which suppresses courtship and thus decreases the courtship index (CI, the percentage of time spent on courtship during a 10-min interval) in subsequent encounters when tested after 1 h (short-term memory, Fig. 1D) and 24 h (long-term memory, Fig. 1E).

Though less informative than the combination of these three parameters, the courtship index CI, usually used as single parameter to describe the intensity of male courtship and defined as the fraction of the observation period during which any courtship behavior occurs [35], has been computed for each experiment as well (Figure S1).

As the same set of GAL4 lines was used in all screens, the different frequencies with which particular courtship behavior defects are detected reflect properties of different parts of the courtship circuitry.

The adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck : wherein are duly set forth the crosses, chagrins, calamities, checks, chills, changes, and circumgirations by which his courtship was attended : showing also the issue of his suit and his espousal to his ladye-love.

After a bewitching opening scene between Rasik and Jyoti, in which their courtship is played out in synchronised movements that resemble a Bollywood love scene, the plot is mostly revealed through conversational exchanges.