If permanent sterility is not desired, hormone treatments can be given to block implantation
of fertilized eggs within the uterus.
Not exact matches
But understanding the precisely orchestrated choreography that unfolds
within each
egg during cell division will eventually allow us to correct the errors, to ensure the production
of healthy
eggs that can be
fertilized.
Love may seem like war sometimes, but
within the reproductive tract
of female fruit flies, a true battle rages: Sperm from different male flies compete head - to - head for a chance to
fertilize the precious
eggs.
Now it appeared that natural selection was operating
within each
fertilized human
egg, as each parent's DNA competed for control
of the developing offspring, each with a different evolutionary goal.
While in the tube, the
egg will either meet the sperm and be
fertilized, which must happen
within a 12 - to 24 - hour window
of time, or fertilization will not occur and the
egg will dissolve.
Today, salmon hatcheries provide controlled environments where early developmental stages
of the salmon lifecycle are replicated
within the confines
of concrete walls;
eggs are artificially
fertilized and incubated in tubes and plastic bags, and young salmon are raised in tanks before being released into the wild.
Ovulation will usually occur
within 20 to 50 hours after mating, and the
eggs are viable (capable
of being
fertilized) for approximately one day.
This idea is dispelled because all the
eggs of the female are released
within 24 hours and implantation essentially occurs for all
fertilized eggs at the same time.