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Weird Sex Queen Bees Flatworms Clownfish Anglerfish
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Um- mom-dad can I borrow the car?
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Intercourse
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Ovulation
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Reproduction - Sperm & Egg
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Reproduction - Sperm & Genetic Packaging Semen - or ejaculatory fluid contains sperm, seminal and prostate gland fluids and is in a volume approximately equal to a teaspoon of fluid or 3mls
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Reproduction - Sperm 1. Sperm contain the X or Y chromosome that determines the sex of the baby 2. An ejaculation may contain 360 million sperm. Normal fertility requires 60 million/ml and below 10 thousand/ml conception is likely to be impossible. 3. Sperm may live for several months in the male but for only 1-3 days inside the female 4. Assisting sperm are needed to break down surface cells on the ovum
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Reproduction - Blastocyst Implantation
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Pregnancy - Trying to Conceive 1. What percent conceive the first month? – 30% 2. When is your best chance to conceive? – within 24 hours of ovulation 3. So when should you have sex? - Egg is viable for about 24 hours and sperm can live for a 1-3 days in a woman’s body 4. Does the position matter?
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Pregnancy - Week One
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Pregnancy - Week 4
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Pregnancy - Week 8 Trimesters: http://www.wpclinic.org/parenting/fetal-development/first-trimester/
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Reproduction – Fraternal or brotherly (left) Vs Paternal or from the father (right)
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Reproduction - Multiple Births Fraternal Twins” Two egg and two sperm Paternal or Identical Twins: One egg and one sperm Conjoined or Siamese Twins Typically paternal but did not completely separate Abigail & Brittany: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgTwH6ijp8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgTwH6ijp8 From 1980-2000 74% increase - why? 1. Fertility Drugs 2. In Vitro Fertilization
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In Vitro & Multiple Births http://ucfertility.com/patient-services/in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/ 1-2 dependent on age
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Tiger & Piglets
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