Sentences with phrase «reproductive capacity»

There is nothing in the idea of feeling, as minimal requirement of mind, that logically entails reproductive capacity, the essential biological ability.

And these newly discovered mutations are reason for concern: they could allow the virus to be resistant while maintaining an elevated reproductive capacity.

From eggs to adults, they don't need many months until they reach their full reproductive capacity.

These projections are calculated based on the theoretical maximal reproductive capacity of cats if they breed year - round, have unusually large litters and 100 % survival, none of which occurs in nature.

When administered orally, it did not seem to affect reproductive capacity in either male or females.

As of August 2012, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employer - provided health care plans to provide «all Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity,» according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Barriers to protection Sharks face a triple threat: «They are really migratory, have a really low reproductive capacity and are subjected to heavy fishing driven by a demand for international trade,» says Elizabeth Wilson, the manager of the Global Shark Conservation Campaign at the Pew Charitable Trusts, who partly funded both new studies.

This mechanism enables C. elegans to modulate reproductive capacity in response to dynamic environments.

«Here you have a vertebrate turtle that shows no increasein mortality and no loss of reproductive capacity at ages wheremammals, including humans, will shut down totally.»

These skewed sex ratios cripple the species» reproductive capacity for each breeding season.

Pubertal onset marks the transition period between childhood and adulthood during which adult reproductive capacity is attained.

Aided by technological advances, scientists are investigating how populations might be altered by adding, disrupting, or editing genes or suppressed by propagating traits that reduce reproductive capacity (1, 2).

Low testosterone precedes erectile dysfunction and general biological reproductive capacity in both men and women.

Obesity can cause increased intervals between estrus cycles, decreasing lifetime reproductive capacity.

«Most surprisingly, the male mice born to male mice that were exposed to DEHP also exhibited similar reproductive abnormalities — indicating prenatal exposure to DEHP can affect the fertility and reproductive capacity of more than one generation of offspring,» Barakat said.

Guidelines issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of HHS, require coverage without cost sharing for «all Food and Drug Administration - approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity» as prescribed by a provider, according to the Federal Register.

In Drosophila, reproductive capacity in females is determined by the number of ovarioles, the egg - producing subunits of the ovary.

Rather than sweeping women's peculiar moral perspective — which is intimately tied to their reproductive capacity — under the rug, these feminists celebrate it as an equally valid or even superior kind of rationality.

Since the most effective way to avoid abortion would be to promote contraception, this double ban indicates that the real battle is not over the lives of fetuses or their mothers, but over the rights of women to be moral agents in the reproductive capacities of their own bodies.

Someone that is less than 35 and presumably in their prime of reproductive capacity may want to see a fertility doctor if they have been attempting to conceive and have not done so within a year.

More insidious is the effect of some pesticides on the reproductive capacity of fish and wildlife — harm may not occur right away, but species disappear as they can not reproduce successfully.»

In particular, the size and reproductive capacity of scallops was much higher inside the reserve by the end of the study.

When the reproductive capacity of the royal class is at stake, the potential benefits to either colony may outweigh the risks of massive casualties.

Leptin influences the reproductive capacity of women, which is related to levels of body fat.

When moms eat meat during pregnancy, it «may alter a man's testicular development in utero, and adversely affect his reproductive capacity.»

To all of you, who like me at first, are naturally skeptical about unusual fertility treatments outside of mainstream western medicine, I hope this article will be a welcomed introduction to the mind - body connection and its potential influence on your reproductive capacity.

All Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity.

The report, «Children and Weight: A Changing Perspective,» notes, for example, that stringent dieting during developmental years can retard an individual's growth, development, and reproductive capacity.

Repeatedly bred, many of these «brood bitches» are killed once their reproductive capacity wanes.

Repeatedly bred, many of these dogs are disposed of once their reproductive capacity wanes unless a rescue group will save them.

Some breeders disagree and regularly supplement their dogs with one of a variety of products promoted for healthy coats and skin, bone growth, reproductive capacity, etc..

Even with sufficient feeding, their reproductive capacity is drastically reduced on human blood.

Not because they are a menace, but because overfishing is outpacing their reproductive capacity (see «New Estimates of the Shark - Fin Trade»).

We don't know yet about their survival rate weeks or months from now, or about their reproductive capacity in the future.