reproductively
Adverb
Meaning
reproductively (not comparable)
In terms of, or by means of, reproduction
a reproductively isolated population
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
A depressed mood can be seen as an adaptive response, in the sense that it causes an individual to turn away from the earlier (and reproductively unsuccessful) modes of behavior.
Defined by Ernst Mayr in 1942, the BSC states that "species are groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations, which are reproductively isolated from other such groups."
ISBN 0-919217-11-7 One widely applied criterion for species recognition is that species are "groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups."
Genetic drift main Ten simulations of random genetic drift of a single given allele with an initial frequency distribution 0.5 measured over the course of 50 generations, repeated in three reproductively synchronous populations of different sizes.
The study deduced from genetic drift in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that giraffes from these populations are reproductively isolated and rarely interbreed, though no natural obstacles block their mutual access.
Hybrids American black bears are reproductively compatible with several other bear species, and have occasionally produced hybrid offspring.