offspring

Example Sentences

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Without these hormones, mice virtually ignore their new offspring.

From BBC

"The key point here is that this early separation between parent and offspring, and the size differences between these creatures, likely led to profound ecological consequences," Holtz explained.

From Science Daily

Their offspring range from 6 months to 26 years old—eons in AI terms.

From The Wall Street Journal

The feeling was that she would be too old if they waited another year to produce her first offspring.

From BBC

In the study, pregnant and nursing mice given a naturally occurring compound made by healthy gut bacteria had offspring with much lower rates of fatty liver disease as they grew older.

From Science Daily