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life history

noun

Biology.
  1. the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.


life history

noun

  1. the series of changes undergone by an organism between fertilization of the egg and death
  2. the series of events that make up a person's life
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of life history1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Baleen whales’ life history – particularly the age when females start breeding and the interval between calves – is strongly influenced by their potential lifespan.

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Ijames sets up debate drama in which the characters bring their unique life histories to the conflict.

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The researchers tested their newly developed modelling approach on diadromous fish because very little is known about their at-sea life history stage and there is no existing model of their distribution.

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The authors also contest Herculano-Houzel's assumption that one can predict different dinosaurs' metabolisms, aging rates and other life history traits based on the existing data.

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It was claimed that these high neuron counts could directly inform on intelligence, metabolism and life history, and that T. rex was rather monkey-like in some of its habits.

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