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What does fertilization mean?

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  1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
  2. The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants
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Our ability to detect doubly recombinant chromosomes depends on the genotype of the homolog after fertilization.
The onset of hyperactive movement occurs near the site of fertilization and is crucial for penetrating the egg's zona pellucida.
This relationship required water for fertilization, so this group grew close to the ground, often preserving the thallophytic structure.
During copulation, the female transfers unfertilized eggs to the male's ventral surface, where fertilization takes place.
Such a mutant megagamete could participate in fertilization with wild type pollens and sometimes set aberrant seeds with twin embryos.
During pollination the female portion of the plant receives pollen from the tassel, resulting in fertilization of the ovule.

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