reproduction
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Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
The agency also spearheaded the construction of fly-sterilization plants in Texas, which are designed to release sterilized New World screwworm flies into the wild and mitigate reproduction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
These evolutionary patterns are seen in many island species around the world and often include larger body size, longer lifespans, slower reproduction, and in birds, reduced flight ability.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
But even if that happens, it will be malnourished, vulnerable to infection and less able to devote the energy needed for reproduction.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
With reproduction, mutation and the selective elimination of the least efficient varieties, evolution was well under way, even at the molecular level.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing reproduction
Power Prefix: re-
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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