fertilise in English
Biologists knew from studies on a wide range of animals that males compete with other males to fertilize eggs and that females choose potential mates based on the males' appearance and, perhaps, even on their sperm.
Use "fertilise" in a sentence
1. Numerous sperm trying to to fertilise a human egg.
2. Students first viewed a PowerPoint presentation illustrating how sperm fertilise eggs.
3. The banks were used as limitless reservoirs to fertilise growth, indulge political fantasy and bribe the governments' friends.
4. 13 The banks were used as limitless reservoirs to fertilise growth,[www.Sentencedict.com] indulge political fantasy and bribe the governments' friends.
5. This enhanced reproductive efficiency is multiplied by the ability of men-with-very-small-penises to fertilise multiple ladies every time they indulge in sexual intercourse.
6. Blocking a river with a dam also blocks the movement of fish upstream to spawn and the movement of silt downstream to fertilise fields.
7. They are able to produce enough sperm not only to fertilise the female's eggs, but to form a barrier that prevents any other sperm from getting through.
8. So you may wonder, if your boyfriend were to ejaculate while his penis-wave-function is penetrating multiple slits simultaneously, how many ladies could he potentially fertilise?
9. 2018, Ed Douglas, The Guardian, 29 March: In the middle, just below the surface, a male and a female were locked in Amplexus, a coupling that can last for days as the male waits to fertilise the
10. A male toad has to be persuasive to get a female to mate with him - in fact, he has to squeeze the eggs right out of her before he can fertilise them.