(♀) is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces mobile ova (egg cells). The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male. A female individual ca...
1.A female organism. 2.A woman or girl. [Middle English, alteration (influenced bymale,male) offemelle, from Old French, from Latinfēmella, diminutive offēmina,woman; seedhē(i)-in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] fe′male′nessn. ...
organism—that is, as acts—they become behaviour. But when they are considered in terms of their relationship to one another—producing lexicon, grammar,syntax, and so forth—they become language, the subject matter not of psychology but of the science of linguistics. Culture, therefore, is th...
advantages of sexual reproduction would be explained by the temperature fluctuation, which is lacked in our experimental condition. Moreover, because the sexual:asexual ratios were at least partially attributed to the environmental variability, we removed the effects of distance to the sea in subsequent...
Birds have significantly lower mtDNA diversity than mammals, which cannot be explained by differences in mutation rate or species Ne (ref. 40). Complete linkage disequilibrium between mtDNA and the W chromosome, for which we find support in a phylogenetic analysis, should reinforce HRI that is ...
Evolutionary accounts of deductive reasoning have been enjoying a fair amount of popularity in the last decades. Some of those who have defended views of this kind are Cooper, Maddy, and more recently Joshua Schechter. The basic idea is that an explanati
Coating of the Xi by Xist RNA and the heterochromatic state are then maintained for the lifetime of the organism. Intriguingly, upon reprogramming of somatic cells from female mice, the Xi is reactivated, such that miPSCs, just like mESCs, carry two active X chromosomes (Xas) that are ...
This substance, also referred to by the authorasjugo blanco, white juice, participates in the vital energy of the organism,sangreblanca, white blood, with its nutritive function, which concerns human or animalspecies, man or woman, without distinction. Its importance in Sabuco’stextre-veals a...
Latty T, Beekman M: Irrational decision-making in an amoeboid organism: transitivity and context-dependent preferences. Proc R Soc B Biol Sci. 2011, 278: 307-312. 10.1098/rspb.2010.1045. Google Scholar Candolin U: The use of multiple cues in mate choice. Biol Rev. 2003, 78: 575-595. ...
Godzilla 1998 is a male organism that due to its mutated genes possesses the ability to reproduce asexually through its own bizarre process. In Godzilla: The Series, the sequel to the 1998 film, Godzilla's sole surviving offspring is identified as a male and even mates with a female giant ...