Researchers found that the male sparrows that adopted the newer songs had higher rates of sexual reproduction.

研究人员发现，雄性麻雀中声音比较新潮的麻雀有性繁殖的几率更高。

Fruit, of course, has a sexual connotation, thanks to Eve, although the Bible doesn't specifically say which fruit Eve ate.

水果当然有性的含义，这要归功于夏娃，尽管圣经没有具体说明夏娃吃了哪种水果。

Now, it also has a sexual meaning.

现在，它也有性的意义。

So for one thing, they work only in sexually reproducing species.

首先它只能应用于有性生殖的物种。

Scientists hypothesize that sex makes up for its shortcomings with long-term gains.

科学家们提出假说，认为有性生殖的长期收益能弥补不足。

But there is a sexual element of that.

但其中有性方面的因素。

But for species that reproduce sexually, this may not be the case.

但对于有性繁殖的物种来说，情况可能并非如此。

Researchers have called this solo style of sexual reproduction " selfing" .

研究人员称这种有性繁殖的独奏方式为“自交”。

Turns out she's allowed to have feelings of sexual arousal.

事实证明, 她被允许有性唤起的感觉。

I like them as friends, but they like me sexually.

我喜欢他们作为朋友，但他们对我有性方面的喜欢。

Sexual reproduction with gene exchange is going to make a difference.

通过基因交换的有性生殖将会产生影响。

But sexual reproduction in the microcosmos is not like sexual reproduction for the rest of us.

但微观宇宙中的有性生殖不同于我们其他人的有性生殖。

IVF works by mimicking the brilliant design of sexual reproduction.

IVF 的工作原理是模仿有性生殖的绝妙设计。

It is not involved in sexual mixing, so it changes only by the random process of mutation.

它不参与有性生殖中的基因重组，所以只有在随机突变中才会发生变化。

See, the inefficiency of reproducing sexually is overcome by the benefits of combining your genes with another person's.

看，将你的基因与另一个人的基因结合的好处克服了有性繁殖的低效率。

In sexually reproducing organisms, chromosomes are arranged in pairs: one from each parent.

在进行有性繁殖的生物中，染色体成对排列：每对中一个来自每个父母。

It means that a successful mutated line of rotifers will not be diluted by the genetic mixing caused by sexual congress.

这意味着一个成功的轮虫突变系不会被有性繁殖引起的基因混合所稀释。

Louise Bourgeois was an influential artist best known for her large sculptures of metal spiders. Much of her art was fearless, sexual and strange.

路易丝·布尔乔亚是一名颇具影响力的艺术家，以她的大型雕塑金属蜘蛛最为出名。她的多数艺术都是无畏的、有性且奇怪的。

Species which reproduce parthenogenetically and sexually have the best of both worlds - enjoy the advantages of very different things at the same time.

既能单性生殖又能有性生殖的物种两头受益——同时享有截然不同的事物的优势。

" And of course it is absolutely amazing and difficult for a human mind to understand that sexual reproduction begins so late in life."

“当然对人类来说这绝对是相当惊人的，人类思维很难理解有性繁殖开始的这么晚。”