offspring
US /ˈɔfˌsprɪŋ, ˈɑf-/
・UK /'ɒfsprɪŋ/
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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Child or young of a person, plant or animal
I have three offspring, one son and two daughters
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Something that results or is produced from something else.
The project is the intellectual offspring of several researchers.
n. pl.Noun (plural)Plural form of offspring.
The family has many offspring.
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How To Eradicate One Of Our Deadliest Enemies – Gene Drive & Malaria
- The edits would only be inherited by half the offspring because most genes have two versions inside the genome as a failsafe.
The edits would only be inherited by half the offspring because most genes have two versions inside the genome as a failsafe.
- So after just two generations, at most only half of the offspring would carry the engineered gene.
So after just two generations, at most only half of the offspring would carry the engineered gene.
How "Dad Shoes" Turned New Balance Into A $5 Billion Brand
- In 2004, New Balance shook things up, releasing a collaboration with UK retailer Offspring.
In 2004, New Balance shook things up, releasing a collaboration with UK retailer Offspring.
- In 2004, New Balance shook things up, releasing a collaboration with UK retailer Offspring.
In 2004, New Balance shook things up, releasing a collaboration with UK retailer Offspring.
Evolution Can't Explain Your Grandma
- In other words, this grandmother hypothesis suggests that being a grandmother and helping to take care of your adult offspring and their offspring is a better way of ensuring your genes get passed on than continuing to reproduce yourself.
In other words, this grandmother hypothesis suggests that being a grandmother and helping to take care of your adult offspring and their offspring is a better way of ensuring your genes get passed on than continuing to reproduce yourself.
- Since the only way to be 100% sure that an offspring is yours is to give birth to it, that means the males of a species might not know for sure how many offspring they actually have.
Since the only way to be 100% sure that an offspring is yours is to give birth to it, that means the males of a species might not know for sure how many offspring they actually have.
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
- If you make your offspring immune to Alzheimer, why not also give them an enhanced metabolism?
If you make your offspring immune to Alzheimer, why not also give them an enhanced metabolism?
- If you make your offspring immune to Alzheimer, why not also
If you make your offspring immune to Alzheimer, why not also
The science of falling in love ⏲️ 6 Minute English
- Often lust comes first, but not always. For some people who are asexual, it may not happen at all. But for those who do experience lust, it's driven by the hormones oestrogen and testosterone. It may feel purely carnal, but in fact it's about the urge to mate and pass on your DNA via offspring. Without lust, it's fair to say, our species would not survive.
Often lust comes first, but not always. For some people who are asexual, it may not happen at all. But for those who do experience lust, it's driven by the hormones oestrogen and testosterone. It may feel purely carnal, but in fact it's about the urge to mate and pass on your DNA via offspring. Without lust, it's fair to say, our species would not survive.
- but in fact, it's about the urge to mate and pass on your DNA via offspring.
but in fact, it's about the urge to mate and pass on your DNA via offspring.
Why Is The US Dropping Billions Of Mutant Flies From The Sky?
- The females would waste their one and only chance at reproduction on males that couldn't produce offspring.
The females would waste their one and only chance at reproduction on males that couldn't produce offspring.
- The females would waste their one and only chance at reproduction on males that couldn't produce offspring.
The females would waste their one and only chance at reproduction on males that couldn't produce offspring.
25 Facts About Hamsters
- Number 20: hamsters will eat their offspring if they feel threatened or stressed.
Number 20: hamsters will eat their offspring if they feel threatened or stressed.
- and the reasoning for it is because in the wild, if a predator animal has sniffed out a hamster's nest, then the hamster would rather the energy from their offspring go to them rather than the energy go to the predator.
and the reasoning for it is because in the wild, if a predator animal has sniffed out a hamster's nest, then the hamster would rather the energy from their offspring go to them rather than the energy go to the predator.
What's the point of the menopause? | BBC Ideas
- Groups that have post-reproductive females, their grandchildren, their grand-offspring actually have a better chance of survival.
Groups that have post-reproductive females, their grandchildren, their grand-offspring actually have a better chance of survival.
- Groups that have post-reproductive females, their grandchildren, their grand offspring actually have a better chance of survival.
Groups that have post-reproductive females, their grandchildren, their grand offspring actually have a better chance of survival.
The Secrets of a Privileged Childhood
- when they have the wherewithal to put their own needs aside for a time in order to focus wholeheartedly on the confusions and fears of their offspring;
when they have the wherewithal to put their own needs aside for a time in order to focus wholeheartedly on the confusions and fears of their offspring;
- in order to focus wholeheartedly on the confusions and fears of their offspring;
in order to focus wholeheartedly on the confusions and fears of their offspring;
The history of natural selection, in 7 minutes | Paul Nurse
- That if this hereditary material had some differences that resulted in the living organism being different, then it is possible that what was produced was perhaps a plant or an animal that could grow faster, or produce more offspring.
That if this hereditary material had some differences that resulted in the living organism being different, then it is possible that what was produced was perhaps a plant or an animal that could grow faster, or produce more offspring.
- That if this hereditary material had some, uh, differences that resulted in the living thing, living organism, being different, then it is possible that what was produced was perhaps a plant or an animal that could grow faster or produce more, um, um, offspring,
That if this hereditary material had some, uh, differences that resulted in the living thing, living organism, being different, then it is possible that what was produced was perhaps a plant or an animal that could grow faster or produce more, um, um, offspring,