Sentences with phrase «viable offspring by»

In a separate study conducted by Zhang Zhaobin of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University, exposure to TPT reduced the ability of the Japanese Medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) to produce viable offspring by as much as 75 % in a controlled facility.

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The bald eagle was nearly extinct in the continental U.S. by the late 20th century, but the population has since stabilized, primarily due to habitat protection and a ban on DDT, an insecticide that weakened the birds» eggs so much that the eagles could not produce viable offspring.

Preimplantation Genetic Screening and Diagnosis offers the chance to avoid serious genetic disorders in our offspring by allowing us to select the most viable embryos for implantation.

It was the major division used by Carl Linnaeus (1707 — 1778) in his classification system and identifies plants or animals that can produce viable offspring.