egg production

collocation in English

meanings of eggand production

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egg
noun
uk /eɡ/ us /eɡ/
the oval object with a hard shell that is produced by female birds, especially chickens, eaten ...
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production
noun
uk /prəˈdʌk.ʃən/ us /prəˈdʌk.ʃən/
the process of making or growing goods to ...
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Examples of egg production

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The container was labelled with the date of eggproduction.
Eggproduction was unaffected by control transfers between healthy toads.
Temporary suppression of eggproduction followed by hyperinfection.
In vitro eggproduction increased linearly whereas in vivo per capita eggproduction increased then declined with increasing concentrations of pectin.
If the female is separated from the male, gene expression is stopped and eggproduction ceases.
Daily eggproduction peaked between days 8-25 and thereafter decreased asymptotically (fig. 3).
Eggproduction and egg renewal might be faster in this species in the presence of hosts.
Male contribution to eggproduction in butterflies: evidence for transfer of nutrients at mating.
In the absence of phenylhydrazine, eggproduction was reduced by 70% in the anaemic recipients.
The incubation period is from the date of eggproduction until hatching.
The two crop types produced two different patterns of eggproduction.
Daily eggproduction was fairly constant over the entire reproductive period.
Eggproduction is shown by considering the difference between controls (no morinda) and morindatreated flies.
Maximum daily eggproduction was averaged over days 4-8 for each female.
Overall viable eggs constituted about 37 % of the total eggproduction.
Neither was there any reduction in the schistosome eggproduction capacity per paired female worm.
During the remaining time in the indoor experiment, eggproduction decreased further and finally ceased.
Yet eggproduction has increased.
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For instance, progenesis and eggproduction within a second intermediate host must require uptake of nutrients from this host.
As the number of cooccurring metacercariae could influence eggproduction, we only considered gammarids infected by one metacercaria.
Where it is low, extended growth will pay off as increased size resulting in increased eggproduction.
If the female remates with a male, transcription in the vitellaria starts again, and eggproduction continues.
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