fertilization

fertilize | American Dictionary

fertilize
verb[ T ]
us/ˈfɜr·təlˌɑɪz/

fertilizeverb[T] (SPREAD A SUBSTANCE)

to spread a natural or chemical substance on land in order to make plants grow well:
You have to fertilize your garden.

fertilizeverb[T] (JOIN CELLS)

biology
(in plants and animals) to join male and female sexual cells so that young begin to develop

Examples of fertilize

fertilize
Response to selection in partially self fertilizing populations.
In both the above species, fertilized females boring through the body wall of the larval host initiate infection.
Let po be the probability per unit time of an unfertilized ovum being fertilized by spermatozoa from a given insemination.
The effect of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin on mouse embryos fertilized in vivo or in vitro.
In some cases, fertilized oocytes were cultured for approximately 72 h after confirmation of fertilization, and then transferred into the uterus at the blastocyst stage.
Except for this case, greater than two oocytes were fertilized for each couple.
We also determined if these oocytes could be fertilized.
We determined if heparin acts as an oocyte maturation factor and if the heparin-treated oocytes can be fertilized.
Oocytes from these follicles were then matured, fertilized in vitro and embryos were cultured.
Full term development of mouse eggs fertilized by a spermatozoon microinjected under the zona pellucida.
Successful freezing of unfertilized mouse oocytes and effect of cocultures in oviducts on development of in vitro fertilized embryos after thawing.
Characterization of the human zona pelluca for fertilized and unfertilized eggs.
Effect of hyaluronan on monospermic penetration of porcine oocytes fertilized in vitro.
Oocytes were fertilized just after maturation (-) or 6 h after calcium ionophore treatment.
Evidence for a role of post-ovulatory cumulus components in supporting fertilizing ability of hamster spermatozoa.
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