Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce. In humans, it is related to both puberty and adulthood. However, puberty is the process...

The Tanner scale (also known as the Tanner stages or sexual maturity rating (SMR)) is a scale of physical development as children transition into adolescence...

attach a spermatophore anywhere on a female's body. An indication of sexual maturity of females is the development of brachial photophores to attract mates...

to appear during puberty. In animals, they can start to appear at sexual maturity. In humans, secondary sex characteristics include enlarged breasts...

personality into an organized whole Maturity (sedimentology), the proximity of a sedimentary deposit from its source Sexual maturity, the stage when an organism...

offspring. Offspring may leave to form their own packs on the onset of sexual maturity and in response to competition for food within the pack. Wolves are...

A sexual rite of passage is a ceremonial event that marks the passage of a young person to sexual maturity and adulthood, or a widow from the married state...

parameters, such as age at sexual maturity and longevity, were severely underestimated until 2006 (e.g. claims of sexual maturity at 4–6 years, claims of...

technically not determined by age itself, but by human sexual maturity stages, such as body type, secondary sexual characteristics and other visible features, particularly...

dramatic differences in both color and pattern between the sexes. At sexual maturity, the males display a bright green with white dorsolateral lines. In...

once in 15–24 months. Both male and female leopards typically reach sexual maturity at the age 2–2.5 years. Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List,...

year. They reach sexual maturity around five to eight years. Males leave their birth group, usually before they reach sexual maturity, whereas most females...

rapid physical growth and psychological changes occur, culminating in sexual maturity. The average age of onset of puberty is at 11 for girls and 12 for...

prefers large carcasses, such as those of deer or cattle. It reaches sexual maturity at five or six years of age and nests at elevations of up to 5,000 m...

body capable of sexual reproduction Maturity (finance), the final payment date of a loan or other financial instrument Sexual maturity, the age or stage...

Sexual orientation identity Human reproduction Body image Sexual maturity Safe sex Sexually transmitted infection Birth control Condom Dental dam Postorgasmic...

growth. The biological definition of the word means an animal reaching sexual maturity and thus capable of reproduction. In the human context, the term adult...

is physically fit for sexual intercourse. This can also, though not necessarily, coincide with the reaching of sexual maturity manifested by menses or...

to the same study, male great white sharks take 26 years to reach sexual maturity, while the females take 33 years to be ready to produce offspring....

In psychology, maturity can be operationally defined as the level of psychological functioning (measured through standards like the Wechsler Intelligence...

T. rex specimens appear to have died within six years of reaching sexual maturity, a pattern which is also seen in other tyrannosaurs and in some large...

5 oz). These sizes and ages are almost identical to those at average sexual maturity in Nile crocodiles, despite the fact that average adult male saltwater...

the norm. Gestation lasts for three weeks and the young voles reach sexual maturity in a month. As a result of this biological exponential growth, vole...

green snake reaches sexual maturity at an age of 2 around 245 mm long. The females of the rough green snake reach sexual maturity around 1–2 years of...

toothless). Infants wean after 4.5 months and are independent after a year. Sexual maturity occurs around three to four years of age, and life expectancy in captivity...

giving birth. Geographical location plays a large role in the age of sexual maturity. Observations from studies of breeding behavior (of Hypanus americanus...

the largest flying bird ever with a wingspan of 7 metres (23 ft). Sexual maturity and breeding behavior do not appear in the condor until 5 or 6 years...

The males reach sexual maturity within 43 to 62 days. The females, if born early in the reproductive season, reach sexual maturity within 21 to 28 days;...

The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health corresponds SMR2 (sexual maturity rating) with pubarche, defining it as the development of pubic hair...

organism (especially an animal) that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size. Juveniles can look very different from the adult form, particularly...