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Mating

The pairing of male and female for the purpose of reproduction.


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Brown bears and polar bears, can they mate?

id assume it was possible as there has been evidence of grizzly bears mating with polar bears creating a hybrid. Here are some showing this hybridization. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528754.600-hardy-polar-bears-have-survived-past-global-warming.html ...

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by marineman
Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:54 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Brown bears and polar bears, can they mate?
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Explain on reinforcement of prezygotic isolation related to

can someone explain on reinforcement of prezygotic isolation related to mating calls in male frogs?

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by cmkc109
Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:43 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Explain on reinforcement of prezygotic isolation related to
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mRNA transcripts, cis/trans-acting questions

... interacts with GAL80 to de-repress GAL4 when galactose is present (“GAL3”). NOTE: Yeast are normally haploid, but the diploid cells resulting from mating can persist as diploid colonies until induced to undergo meiosis. ______ a. When this mutant is crossed to a known GAL4 recessive mutant strain, ...

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by animus31
Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:58 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: mRNA transcripts, cis/trans-acting questions
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Bees

... she will mate with 12-15 drones. If the weather holds, she may return to the drone congregation area for several days until she is fully mated. Mating occurs in flight. The young queen stores up to 6 million sperm from multiple drones in her spermatheca. She will selectively release sperm for ...

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by nicholasetew
Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:07 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bees
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Views: 596

Bees

... they have the same father (as they will each get exactly the same 50% of their genes from their haploid father). However, when a queen goes on a mating flight (usually 1 or 2 in the first few days after she becomes queen) she mates with around 10-20 drones from other hives at 'drone congregation ...

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by nicholasetew
Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:57 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bees
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Views: 596
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