viable offspring

collocation in English

meaningsofviableandoffspring

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viable
adjective
uk
/ˈvaɪ.ə.bəl/us
/ˈvaɪ.ə.bəl/
able to work as intended or able ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition ofviableandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Crossing of the parasite strains producedviableoffspringin both combinations of the parental sexes.
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Viableoffspringderived from fetal and adult mammalian cells.
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Viableoffspringfrom fetal and adult mammalian cells.
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Viableoffspringderived from oocytes intracytoplasmically injected with freeze-dried sperm heads.
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The target article proposes that female preference for attractive males should be least where paternal investment is needed to produceviableoffspring.
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Viableoffspringi e a derived from cryopreserved haploid rabbit parthenotes.
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However, there is still a problem in obtainingviableoffspringfrom freeze-dried boar spermatozoa.
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These have mostly had only outcrossing in their ancestry for a long time, because the reproduction of such individuals by selfing produces very fewviableoffspring.
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This definition appeals to the anthropologist: from an evolutionary point of view, the possible number ofviableoffspringis important, not the number of gametes, conceptions or deliveries.
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Any improvement in our ability to obtainviableoffspringfrom in vitro matured oocytes will depend on a better understanding of how intra-ovarian factors regulate and stimulate oocyte maturation.
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It has been reported that oocytes derived from in vitrocultured secondary follicles acquire full maturity and develop further intoviableoffspringfollowing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.
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Until 1964, it was generally believed that genes only achieved this by causing the individual to leave the maximum number ofviableoffspring.
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The result may beviableoffspringwith 44 chromosomes.
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Artificial insemination has increased the probability of cheetah impregnation as well asviableoffspring.
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Once genetic differences are sufficient, different species may be unable to interbreed to produceviableoffspring.
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Before speciation is complete, two diverging populations may still produceviableoffspring.
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Plants that can pollinate themselves and produceviableoffspringare called self-fertile.
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This results in populations continuing to decline despite reintroduction because the species does not produceviableoffspring.
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