infertility

(noun)

the inability to conceive children

Related Terms

  • assisted reproductive technology

Examples of infertility in the following topics:

  • Infertility

    • Infertility, or the ability to conceive, can be treated by assisted reproductive technologies which can aid conception.
    • Infertility is the inability to conceive or carry a fetus to birth.
    • About 75 percent of causes of infertility can be identified.
    • Stress can also lead to infertility.
    • Define infertility and discuss ways in which it can be treated
  • The Biological Species Concept

    • If humans were to artificially intervene and fertilize the egg of a bald eagle with the sperm of an African fish eagle and a chick did hatch, that offspring, called a hybrid (a cross between two species), would probably be infertile: unable to successfully reproduce after it reached maturity.
  • Chromosomal Structural Rearrangements

    • Not all structural rearrangements of chromosomes produce nonviable, impaired, or infertile individuals.
  • Reproductive Isolation

    • Given enough time, the genetic and phenotypic divergence between populations will affect characters that influence reproduction: if individuals of the two populations were to be brought together, mating would be improbable, but if mating did occur, offspring would be non-viable or infertile.
  • Sex-Linked Traits

    • Although some Y-linked recessive disorders exist, typically they are associated with infertility in males and are, therefore, not transmitted to subsequent generations.
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