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Fertility

(Science: biology) The capacity to conceive or induce conception and thus generate offspring. The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring.The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.


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Hermaphrodite Reproduction

... minimal research we came to the conclusion that it would be exceedingly rare- the wiki on true hermaphroditism even states that "although fertility is possible in true hermaphrodites (as of 2008 there have been at least 11 reported cases of fertility in true hermaphrodite humans in scientific ...

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by cbridges
Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:24 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Hermaphrodite Reproduction
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Views: 946

Re: Can you think of an evolutionary reason for this?

... on what the evolutionary advantage of this situation would be??? for the first one: the presence of a biological father would prevent early fertility simply because it might not actually lead to greater fitness (complications of young pregnancies). On the other hand that pressure has to ...

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by Cat
Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:12 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Can you think of an evolutionary reason for this?
Replies: 8
Views: 2999

Can you think of an evolutionary reason for this?

... on what the evolutionary advantage of this situation would be??? for the first one: the presence of a biological father would prevent early fertility simply because it might not actually lead to greater fitness (complications of young pregnancies). On the other hand that pressure has to ...

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by immunogoblin
Sun Aug 26, 2012 4:43 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Can you think of an evolutionary reason for this?
Replies: 8
Views: 2999

Is such woman body reasonable?

I can't think of a reason why an exaggerated body shape would effect fertility.

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by Darby
Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:04 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Is such woman body reasonable?
Replies: 4
Views: 1874

Re: Do Plants exist who have an effect on human fertility?

Actually I'm more interested in the de crease of a human's fertility (man or woman). And I agree, killing sharks and rhinos, or generally the killing of endangered species for selfish reasons and alleged effects that aren't even proven is despicable like ...

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by BurnedWitch
Tue May 15, 2012 11:58 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Do Plants exist who have an effect on human fertility?
Replies: 3
Views: 1088
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