mating
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The results, published this month in the journal Conservation Genetics, reveal a ticking time bomb in blue whale demographics, peculiar migration patterns and even clandestine cross-species matings.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024
The research team led by Stefan Lüpold staged competitive matings of fruit flies.
From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023
But ancestry proportions provide limited information about the consequences of these ancient matings.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022
The scientists suspect some of these interactions led to actual matings, but they’re waiting for genetic proof.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 2, 2022
As the fall progressed, I remained ensnared by bacterial matings, often going up to London to talk with Bill Hayes at his Hammersmith Hospital lab.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
