Fertility

Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance. The term was usually applied to females, but increasingly is applied to males as well, as common understanding of reproductive mechanisms increases and the importance of the male role is better known.

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Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, sexual behavior, culture, instinct, endocrinology, timing, economics, way of life, and emotions. Animal fertility is no less complex, and may display astounding mechanisms.

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The opposite is infertility. Some fertility issues here.

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By extension fertility is also applied to farmlands and plants, and a large crop of sound fruits, seeds or vegetables is the expectation.

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The fertility rate is a demographic measure of the number of children per woman.

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Female: Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. The "egg cell" (ovum) is defined as the larger gamete in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete (sperm cell) is produced by the male. A female individual cannot reproduce sexu...

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Male: Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. The "sperm" is defined as the smaller, ordinarily motile gamete in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the larger gamete, the ovum, is produced by the female. A male individual cannot reproduce sexually without acc...

Fertility related Images and Photos (experimental)

Fertility Figure C.3000 Bc

Indiana Jones Fertility Idol Replica Bank

Indiana Jones Golden Fertility Idol Pencil Holder Accessory

The Limestone Venus of Willendorf is Commonly Assumed to be a Fertility Symbol