Males are easily distinguished from females based on colour differences, with a distinct black patch at the abdomen, less noticeable in recently emerged flies (see fig.), and the sexcombs (a row of dark bristles on the tarsus of the first leg).
total asset turnover. A financial ratio that indicates the effectiveness with which a firm's management uses its assets to generate sales. A relatively high ratio tends to reflect intensive use of assets. Total asset turnover is calculated by dividing the firm's annual sales by its total assets.
The total asset turnover ratio is what a business uses to determine how much money is being generated by the assets a company owns. For example, if the total asset turnover ratio is 0.72, that means that the company is making $0.72 per year for every dollar of assets that the company owns.