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Fertilization

"Fertilization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The fusion of a spermatozoon (SPERMATOZOA) with an OVUM thus resulting in the formation of a ZYGOTE.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fertilization" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fertilization" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 21 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2011
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