Fertilization Quotes

Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS. - Philip Emeagwali

An intriguing aspect of this study is that the mechanism for ensuring cross-fertilization is very old, often lost, and never regained. That it is still common despite frequent and irreversible loss implies that this trait confers an advantage to species that possess it, perhaps in terms of reduced rates of extinction. - Joshua Kohn

All things being equal, the younger a female is, the higher the chances for fertilization and a successful pregnancy. On the other hand, if that particular female's partner has bad sperm parameters, then the chances might not be as good. The model takes into consideration both the woman's and man's factors and integrates all the various parameters to give a certain prediction. - Moshe Wald