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    production of a fertilized egg called a zygote, initiating embryonic development. Scientists discovered the dynamics of human fertilization in the 19th century...
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    Internal fertilization is the union of an egg and sperm cell during sexual reproduction inside the female body. Internal fertilization, unlike its counterpart...
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  • External fertilization is a mode of reproduction in which a male organism's sperm fertilizes a female organism's egg outside of the female's body. It is...
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    Double fertilization or Double fertilisation (see spelling differences) is a complex fertilization mechanism of flowering plants (angiosperms). This process...
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    secretions of the anterior section of the hen's oviduct during the passage of the egg. It forms around fertilized or unfertilized egg yolks. The primary...
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    Zygote (redirect from Fertilized egg)
    formed by a fertilization event between two gametes. The zygote's genome is a combination of the DNA in each gamete, and contains all of the genetic information...
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    vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating...
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    After fertilization, an embryo develops, nourished by nutrients contained in the egg. It then hatches from the egg, outside the mother's body. See egg for...
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  • describes the fertilization of an egg by more than one sperm. Diploid organisms normally contain two copies of each chromosome, one from each parent. The cell...
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    happens in the fallopian tube; the fertilized egg can then proceed to try and implant on the uterus's lining. During fertilization the egg cell plays...
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    the origination and development of an organism (both physical and psychological, e.g., moral development), usually from the time of fertilization of the...
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    Gamete (redirect from Gamete fertilization)
    mitosis that are transported down the pollen tube to the ovule where they are released for fertilization of the egg cell. Coenogamete "gamete | Definition...
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    animal embryogenesis, is the developmental stage of an animal embryo. Embryonic development starts with the fertilization of an egg cell (ovum) by a sperm...
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  • urchin egg to the three layer egg jelly in starfish. There is an increasing concern in how ocean acidification will affect the fertilization of eggs. In...
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    pellucida, or shell of the egg can be modified preventing fertilization. Thus, when eggs are thawed and pregnancy is desired, a fertilization procedure known...
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    Balut (food) (redirect from Balut Egg)
    is a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell. It is commonly sold as street food most notably in the Philippines...
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    Pronucleus (redirect from Egg nucleus)
    pronucleus (pl.: pronuclei) denotes the nucleus found in either a sperm or egg cell during the process of fertilization. The sperm cell undergoes a transformation...
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  • Development of the human body is the process of growth to maturity. The process begins with fertilization, where an egg released from the ovary of a female...
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    Fertilisation (redirect from Fertilization)
    Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give...
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    An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until...
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  • egg donation typically involves in vitro fertilization technology, with the eggs being fertilized in the laboratory; more rarely, unfertilized eggs may...
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    Yolk (redirect from Yellow of the egg)
    After the fertilization, the cleavage of the embryo leads to the formation of the germinal disc. As food, the chicken egg yolk is a major source of vitamins...
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  • Vitelline membrane (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    amphibian egg (2) Vitelline membrane in a fish egg (A) Formation of Fertilization envelope from the Vitelline envelope Parasitism and the Vitelline Membrane...
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    tube, and a fertilized egg reaches the uterus in three to five days. Fertilization usually takes place in the ampulla, the widest section of the fallopian...
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    cells. After ovulation, during the luteal phase, the egg will be available to be fertilized by sperm. In addition, the uterine lining (endometrium) is...
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    species, egg cases may have one or more tendrils. Shortly after internal fertilization, the fertilized ovum enters the partially formed egg case located...
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    are the exception and can be exceptionally rare in the largest mammals. A multiple pregnancy may be the result of the fertilization of a single egg that...
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    lay eggs even when the eggs have not been fertilized; it is not uncommon for pet owners to find their lone bird nesting on a clutch of infertile eggs, which...
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    fertilized or unfertilized eggs depending upon the cyclic needs of the colony; the sex of each individual ant is determined by whether or not the egg...
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    membrane of the egg cell. It helps protect the egg, and has an essential role in fertilization by sperm. It is surrounded by the corona radiata. The corona...
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