Exercise 3. Match the collocations in columns A and B (noun + noun) and then use them to complete the sentences below.

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life

population

fertility

mortality

infant

growth

mortality

expectancy

rate

rate

1. Most species are r selected—i.e., they have a large reproductive potential and thus are capable of rapid __________.

2. Fertility in pre-industrial populations ranged from 30 to 50 births per 1,000, or a total __________ of 3.5 to 10 births per woman.

3. Numerous large-scale epidemiological studies have shown that telomere length has only a weak negative association with markers of biological age and __________.

4. Although maternal cigarette smoking has been shown to reduce the birth weight of an infant, previous findings on the relation between smoking and fetal and __________ have been inconsistent.

5. Ocean acidification can change neurotransmitter functions in the brains of reef fishes, leading to riskier behavior, an impaired or reversed ability to detect and identify predators, and higher __________.

Exercise 4. Match the collocations in columns A and B (adj + noun) and then use them to complete the sentences below.

major

cardiovascular

cognitive

inflammatory

immune

measurable

high

impact

decline

proportion

system

differences

response

disease

1. Endocrine signals from adipose tissue depots contribute to fertility modulation, immune function, and __________.

2. These studies have demonstrated not only that membrane tethering has no __________ on the protein structure but that the SOSIP mutations do not perturb the protein from its native prefusion state.

3. Effective strategies to remove Aβ in Alzheimer’s disease patient brains have been developed but have not yet shown efficacy to slow __________ in clinical trials.

4. As the mortality from __________ has declined, especially in developed countries, the relative contributions to mortality of other non-communicable diseases associated with ageing, including cancer and dementia, have increased.

5. The effects of exercise on the ___________ are complex and depend on the intensity and duration of the exercise performed. In general, acute or vigorous/high-intensity exercise induces an __________, characterized by an increase in the number of leukocytes in the circulation, a process known as leukocytosis, and increases in circulating cytokines, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6; pro- and anti-inflammatory) and TNF-α (pro-inflammatory).

6. There was a strong correlation between the studies, suggesting that there were no __________ in how these phenotypes were measured. In all cases a perfect genetic correlation of 1 lies within the 95% confidence intervals.

7. The rapid formation of tumor blood vessels to provide the growing tumor with essential nutrients and oxygen results in endothelial abnormalities, such as a relatively __________ of proliferating endothelial cells, increased tortuosity, pericyte deficiency, and aberrant basement membrane formation.

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