Essays about: "Fecundity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the word Fecundity.

  1. 1. Riveted : Levinas' Early Stuff

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Aron Ericson; [2022]
    Keywords : Levinas; transcendence; excendence; phenomenology; ontology; Heidegger;

    Abstract : This study is an examination of the early philosophical writings by Emmanuel Levinas, and shows how transcendence became his guiding question. The study has three parts. Part One lays out Levinas' early enthusiasm with regard to Heidegger's phenomenology. Part Two consists of close readings of three essays by Levinas from 1933 to 1935. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of copulatory wound infliction on fitness in Drosophila melanogaster

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Dennis Leandersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Copulatory wounding; Fecundity; Drosophila; Fitness; Cryptic female choice; Adaptive harm hypothesis; Pleiotropic harm hypothesis;

    Abstract : One of the more fascinating Darwinian puzzles in sexual selection is that of copulatory wounding. For those taxa displaying this behavior, and that does not engage in traumatic insemination, the function of wound infliction during copulation remains unknown. READ MORE

  4. 3. Friends with benefits? - Does gut microbiota of Spodoptera littoralis affect insecticide resistance and are there any costs of insecticide resistance development?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

    Author : Sarah Heithausen; [2021]
    Keywords : insecticide resistance development; gut microbiota; gut symbiont-mediated resistance; trade-off effects; fitness costs; symbiosis; survival; life-history traits; fecundity;

    Abstract : The insect gut microbiota has many important functions for insects such as detoxification of host plant toxins. Recently there has been a growing interest on the effect of insect gut microbiota on insecticide resistance development. Insecticide resistance is a growing concern for food security and sustainable agriculture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Spatiotemporal variation in the relative fitness of a northern and a southern ecotype of Arabidopsis thaliana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Jonathan Gyllingberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Arabidopsis thaliana; fitness; evolution; ecotype; genotype; flowering phenology; fecundity; local adaptation;

    Abstract : Terrestrial plants exist in almost every habitat on the earth, ranging from warm and moist tropical rainforests, hot and dry deserts, and to cold and barren tundras. Furthermore, a single species may encounter different climatic conditionshabitats within its range distribution which climatic conditions differs from one to another. READ MORE

  6. 5. A PCOS-like Drosophila Melanogaster model

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsa och lärande; Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

    Author : Aisha Badji; [2019]
    Keywords : polycystic; ovary; syndrome; testosterone; drosophila; melanogaster;

    Abstract : Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a female endocrine disorder defined by high androgen levels and presence of polycystic ovaries. PCOS is characterized by menstrual irregularities, anovulation, infertility, hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, abdominal obesity, chronic inflammation and increased hair growth. READ MORE