Reproduction : Parent
Reproduction is the creation of one thing as a copy of, product of, or replacement for a similar thing, e.g. photocopying.It is perhaps most commonly used in the context of biological reproduction and sex:
- Sexual reproduction is a biological process by which organisms create descendants through the combination of genetic material.
- Asexual reproduction is a biological process by which an organism creates a genetically similar copy of itself without the combination of genetic material with another organism. For example, the Hydra (invertebrates of the order Hydroidea) are able to reproduce by budding[?].
Some animals, like human (sexually mature after adolescence) and Northern Gannet (5-6 years), produce few offspring. Others reproduce quickly, but unless raised in an artificial environment, most offspring do not survive to adults. A rabbit (mature after 8 months) produces 10 - 30 offsprings per year, a Nile Crocodile[?] (15 years) produce 50, and fruit fly (10-14 days) produce up to 900. The impetus for such evolution is that those animals with few offsprings can spend more time nurturing and protect them, hence decreasing the need to reproduce immensely.
See also: conjugation, father, mother, self-replication, reproductive technology.
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"Cleopatra was not yet as tall as Arsinoe, but, though only fourteen, she
showed that in years she was still a child. But she was no longer one in
haste permitted. Each one of the girls held one in her hand when the
passing, but could hear distinctly only the voices of the men.
"The King alighted from the travelling chariot, which was drawn by eight
support him. His face, reddened by his potations, fairly beamed as he
especially of Cleopatra, was evident. True, he kissed and embraced
would have commanded the utmost admiration; but Cleopatra was like the
not be compared to the sun. It was part of the fascination she exerted
the charm which emanated from her whole person.
"Antony, too, was enthralled by the spell as soon as he heard the first
the two daughters by their father's side, he greeted them with a hasty
gratitude for bringing her father back to her so quickly, she said that
be harder, he gazed more keenly at her.
"I did not know her answer until later; but ere the last sound of her
the bridle to Ammonius--the chamberlain who had assisted the King from
rare game in his pursuit of the fairest, and while he continued his
laughter was often heard.
"No one would have recognized the earnest disciple of Epicurus. We had
she had rarely answered Timagenes's jests with another. Now she found--
Antony's remarks. It seemed as if, for the first time, she had met some
of her deep and quick intelligence. Yet she did not lose for a moment
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