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superfetation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation |
| Derivation | superfetate |
superfetation is normal in some animal species.
Examples of superfetation
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There have been only 10 recorded cases of the phenomenon, dubbed superfetation.
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Indeed, the last known case of superfetation had a happy ending.
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Since the times of Aristotle the European brown hare was assumed to have the mechanism of superfetation.
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However, findings were not conclusive and the functional mechanisms of superfetation were not clear.
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With this method, criteria could be developed for the first time to demonstrate superfetation in living individuals.
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This phenomenon is known as superfetation.
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The findings suggest that using this reproductive mechanism of superfetation, female hares can deliver up to one third more offspring per reproductive season.
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Dr. Robert Atlas, chairman of the obstetrics and gynecology department at Baltimore's Mercy Hospital, says he has never encountered a case of superfetation during practice.
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- Fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time; "superfetation is normal in some animal species"
- Superfetation (also spelt superfoetation - see fetus) is the simultaneous occurrence of more than one stage of developing embryo in the same animal. In mammals it manifests as the formation of a fetus from a different menstrual cycle while another embryo is already present in the uterus. ...
- The process whereby a female stores sperm and can produce numerous broods without further impregnation.
