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Fertilization

Known as: impregnation, fecundation, syngamy 
The union of gametes of opposite sexes during the process of sexual reproduction to form a zygote. It involves the fusion of the gametic nuclei… 
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ADAM11 geneADAM11 protein, humanBiologic DevelopmentEmbryonic Development

Broader (2)

Conceptionsexual reproduction

Narrower (4)

Fertilization in VitroFertilization, DelayedPolyspermic Fertilizationrespiratory burst at fertilization

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Review
2012
Review
2012
Nanostructured carbon for energy storage and conversion
Review
2005
Review
2005
DNA damage to spermatozoa has impacts on fertilization and pregnancy
DNA damage in the male germ line has been associated with poor semen quality, low fertilization rates, impaired preimplantation… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
High-temperature superconductor bulk magnets that can trap magnetic fields of over 17 tesla at 29 K
Large-grain high-temperature superconductors of the form RE-Ba-Cu-O (where RE is a rare-earth element) can trap magnetic fields… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Neural subtype specification of fertilization and nuclear transfer embryonic stem cells and application in parkinsonian mice
Existing protocols for the neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells require extended in vitro culture, yield… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Egg activation at fertilization: where it all begins.
A centrally important factor in initiating egg activation at fertilization is a rise in free Ca(2+) in the egg cytosol. In… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
PLANT DIVERSITY IN MANAGED FORESTS: UNDERSTORY RESPONSES TO THINNING AND FERTILIZATION
2 Environmental Forestry Research, Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, Washington 98422 USA Abstract. Although most temperate forests… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Contact and adhesive specificities in the associations, migrations, and targeting of cells and axons
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Methane and nitrous oxide fluxes in native, fertilized and cultivated grasslands
METHANE and nitrous oxide are long-lived, radiatively active trace gases that account for ∼20% of the total anticipated… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Two methods for selective silver impregnation of degenerating axons and their synaptic endings in the central nervous system.
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Silver impregnation of degenerating axons in the central nervous system: a modified technic.
Frozen sections of formalin-fixed brains containing surgical lesions, were treated with 15% ethanol for 0.5 hr., soaked in 0.5… 
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