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Insemination

The act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.).The introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female.insemination

deposit of seminal Fluid within the vagina, normally during coitus.

Synonym: semination.

Origin: L. In-semino, pp. -atus, to sow or plant in, fr. Semen, seed

artificial insemination, the introduction of semen into the vagina other than by coitus. The occurrence where the sperm mother cell fuses with the mother egg cell in fertilisation.


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Re: Human Reproduction

... and for the highly complex systems of parental care found in society. The use of contraception and the development of laboratory methods of insemination and fertilization are issues that make human reproduction more than a merely biological phenomenon.

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by narayan
Tue May 05, 2009 7:01 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
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Re: Future Human Evolution

... will claim this is somehow immoral. I disagree. I think history shows that morals change, and whatever is of benefit gets accepted. Artificial insemination, only a few decades back, was considered somehow immoral. Today, lots of children are conceived this way. In time, we will see parents ...

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by skeptic
Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:00 am
 
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Topic: Future Human Evolution
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Re: Boy And Girl Possibility

... sperm had a lesser chance of fertilising an egg because of the weight of the extra chromosome. I asked whether that would mean that in artificial insemination of various kinds there was a higher chance of Polysomy. She couldn't say, but I thought maybe someone here has heard of it.

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by Morgyn
Fri May 16, 2008 11:54 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
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mating systems in animals

In animal husbandry and in horticulture the selection of stock for propagation and the act of insemination by natural or artificial means is called breeding. By breeding u can make them survived. Taxonomical Term also very important for their type n selective breeding.

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by dipjyoti
Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:15 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: mating systems in animals
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Hi

Fertilization is definitely internal in birds via cloacal insemination and fertilization occurs even before the shell is processed around the egg...........thats what I studies way back about 5 yrs..........dont think things have changed much since then........

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by Code of Life
Mon May 01, 2006 8:03 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: birds
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