mating system

BrE: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
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Translation of mating system into German

Noun

biology

TECH.
pattern describing how members of a species choose partners for reproduction
TECH.
Paarungssystem Fortpflanzungssystem Verpaarungssystem
  • The researchers studied the mating system of the island bird population.Die Forschenden untersuchten das Paarungssystem der Vogelpopulation auf der Insel.
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Examples of mating system in a sentence

  • The textbook compares the mating system of monogamous and polygynous mammals.

Translations of "mating system" in Context ordered by category and frequency

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dasPaarungssystemnn.

Pectoral sandpipers have a polygynous mating system where one male mates with several females.

Graubruststrandläufer haben ein polygynes Paarungssystem, ein Männchen paart sich also mit mehreren Weibchen.

The general principles of their observation may also be transferable to other insect species with a similar mating system.

Die generellen Prinzipien der Beobachtung dürften auch auf andere Insektenarten mit einem ähnlichen Paarungssystem übertragbar sein.

Females showed a nearly indiscriminate mating behavior which is caused by the promiscuous mating system in this species.

Weibchen zeigten ein beinahe willkürliches Paarungsverhalten. Ursache ist vermutlich das promiskuitive Paarungssystem dieser Art.

However, general patterns of the mating system indicate a rather ancestral state in mammalian evolution.

Allgemeine Muster des Paarungssystems deuten jedoch auf einen vergleichsweise ursprünglichen Zustand innerhalb der Säugetierevolution hin.

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During her PhD she investigated the mating system and parameters of reproductive success in a natural poison frog population in French Guiana.

In ihrer Doktorarbeit untersuchte sie das Paarungssystem und Parameter im Fortpflanzungserfolg einer natürlichen Froschpopulation in Französisch Guyana.

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