Search results for "Fertilization" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • contains enzymes that are crucial for fertilization. The sperm cell contains ... During fertilization, the sperm's mitochondria are destroyed ...
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  • It comes on the foundation of the fertilization of gametes and prepares ... is an embryo between the time of fertilization and the time that it ...
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  • develop in the absence of pollination/fertilization, a process known as parthenocarpy ... called a head is produced. After fertilization, each flower develops ...
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  • all the freshwater forms are hermaphroditic. Fertilization is usually external, although some species have both internal fertilization and live birth ...
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  • the child is conceived by in vitro fertilization using the wife's ... quot; surrogacy). Using in vitro fertilization (IVF), the intended parents ...
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  • In sexually reproducing organisms, fertilization of an ovum with a ... beings, approximately 4 days after fertilization and after several cycles ...
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  • begins about seven or eight weeks after fertilization, when the major structures ... human fetus, only eight weeks after fertilization and 1.2 inches in length ...
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  • of chromosomes to produce gametes; and fertilization, involving the fusion ... gametes, it also includes self-fertilization, whereby one organism ...
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  • mouth of the female jelly, allowing the fertilization process of the ova to ... After fertilization and initial growth, a larval form, called the ...
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  • of the flower is that of ensuring fertilization of the ovule and development ... egg (female gamete) and is the site of fertilization. (A single carpel or ...
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  • dispersed across the landscape. After fertilization, portions of the flower ... ===Preventing Self-fertilization=== Some flowers with both stamens ...
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  • into open water. Some sponges have oviparous fertilization where sperm and eggs meet in open water. In other species, sperm are taken into the bodies ...
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  • are released through the mouth for external fertilization or eggs may be retained for internal fertilization and embryos released through the mouth ...
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  • fourth millennium B.C.E. without artificial fertilization. == Problems == Since the construction of the Aswan Dam on the Nile in Egypt, 95 percent ...
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  • antheridia swim to the archegonia and fertilization occurs, leading to the ... the need to go through the cycle of fertilization. This is a means of asexual ...
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  • == Soil fertilization == Soil Fertilization or Crop Fertilization are methods of improving ...
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  • In marine mussels, fertilization occurs outside the body, and there ... female via the incurrent siphon. After fertilization, the eggs develop into ...
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  • unit and produces eggs either by self-fertilization or cross-fertilization with other mature proglottids. It has been suggested by some early ...
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  • ===Soil and fertilization=== Opinions about soil mixes and fertilization vary widely among practitioners ...
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  • Fertilization leads to the formation of a zygote. During the next stage, cleavage, mitotic cell divisions transform the zygote into a tiny ball ...
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  • derived from the parent plant via double fertilization. The usually triploid endosperm (containing three sets of chromosomes) is rich in oil or starch ...
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  • eggs and sperm into the water for external fertilization. In some, eggs develop into free-swimming larvae that look very similar to echinoderm larvae ...
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  • Fertilization may take place in the pouch or before implantation in ... into the surrounding sea water during fertilization, and not directly into ...
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  • or appreciated. This musical cross-fertilization would become a hallmark of much of his professional life. ==Biography== Grainger was born in ...
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  • which stimulates females to release eggs, and fertilization occurs. The eggs or sperm are ejected through the mouth. The fertilized egg develops into ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations ...
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  • from the antheridia swim to the archegonia and fertilization occurs, leading to the production of a diploid sporophyte. After fertilization, the immature ...
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  • The repercussions of self-fertilization in sharks, which reduces the genetic diversity of the offspring, is a matter of concern for shark experts ...
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  • that themselves are necessary for fertilization of the pumpkins. For ... honeybees play a significant role in fertilization (Orzolek et al. 2000 ...
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  • and released into the aquatic environment. Fertilization in sipunculans is external. Once male and female matured gametes meet, a trochopore larva ...
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  • eggs and sperm into the water, with fertilization taking place externally. ==Regeneration== Many echinoderms have remarkable powers of regeneration. ...
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  • The fertilization of ginkgo seeds occurs via motile sperm, as in cycads, ferns, mosses, and algae. The sperm are large (about 250-300 micrometers ...
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  • to the sperm of other species prevent fertilization or embryo development. ... Wider interspecific hybrids can be made via in vitro fertilization ...
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  • an ovum surrounded by a special envelope, the fertilization membrane; the ovum is supplied with nutrients by the surrounding syncytium, allowing energy ...
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  • strategy by females to enhance fertilization while obtaining sustenance. Later, this bizarre behavior appeared to be an artifact of intrusive ...
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  • Gonorrhea is a common, highly contagious, sexually transmitted diseases (STD) that is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae ...
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  • Herring is the common name for any of the various fish comprising the Clupeiformes family Clupeidae, a large family that includes many of the ...
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  • Quinoa ( ˈkinwɑ KEEN-wah or /ˈkinoʊə/ KEE-no-uh, Spanish quinua) is a tall South American herb, Chenopodium quinoa in the goosefoot genus ...
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  • Snails have small slits on their necks where fertilization occurs and the eggs develop. Garden snails bury their eggs in shallow topsoil primarily ...
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  • society with free mixing and mingling and cross-fertilization. Erskine (2005), 362. While relatively little is known about how the Bosporan Kingdom ...
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  • believed to help sperm motility, and thus, fertilization of an egg, because sperm are more mobile in relatively alkaline medium. This secretion counters ...
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  • starfish being male or female. Fertilization takes place externally, with both male and female releasing their gametes into the environment ...
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  • parent. When a male and a female gamete merge (fertilization), a new diploid organism is formed. Some animal and plant species are polyploid ...
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  • [[Image:EHR-BBII.jpg|thumb|right|300px|At 21 days after [[Fertilization|conception]], the human heart begins beating at 70 to 80 beats per minute ...
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  • legal in every country. Access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments is also the subject of debate in many countries. ==Notes== ...
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  • research, he wrote a paper on artificial fertilization to improve the quality of the plants. During this time his family increased to four daughters and ...
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  • the eggs in the mantle cavity but after fertilization the eggs develop into crawl-away young (Lindberg 2004). Limpets can be long lived, with ...
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  • Broadly defined, wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is not a bee or ant. This includes more than 20,000 known ...
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  • and others. There has, however, been much cross-fertilization of ideas between the various computer-related disciplines. In addition, computer ...
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  • apogamy) is asexual reproduction, without fertilization. Apomictically produced seeds are genetically identical to the parent plant. As apomictic plants ...
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