Gamete intrafallopian transfer

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    involve biological eggs and sperm from the partners or it can be done through known or unknown donors. This form is known to be the most effective form of reproductive technology when treating infertility (In Vitro Fertilization). A second method of reproductive technology is ICSI, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, this form of treatment is most commonly used when infertility is due to a problem with the male sperm. The procedure is done by injecting a single healthy sperm into a mature egg, which is then placed into the uterus. This is usually attempted after IVF has failed (ICSI). A third option is a GIFT, Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer, this is a process in which the egg and sperm are combined in a laboratory, and inserted into the fallopian tube before fertilization as to allow for the process to be more natural. Another choice ZIFT, Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer, which is a similar process except the the egg is inserted after fertilization instead of before. These both used to be popular and more common methods of reproductive treatments, though have decreased in use with the success of IVF (Zaldivar). A fifth form of treatment is donor eggs in which, if a woman’s eggs are not viable, then eggs that have been donated from another woman can be used in one of the processes mentioned before and implanted in the uterus. Finally, there is the last form of treatment which is surrogacy, which is a process where another woman is the carrier for the pregnancy. Surrogacy can…

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    Many cultures are quite different, but when it comes to people having children, male or female, all cultures have the same opinion on having male children. Since birth, children are assigned a male or female status and it is common for people to obey social rules on their biological sex. It has been said that males are more dominant and independent and that’s why males are preferred more than females. This type of socialization cannot be changed in societies because it has already been stuck and…

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    Ignored and Unheard Education plays a major role in the way that each individual 's life unfolds. Several factors affect the type and quality of education that one gets. It is a choice for every soul as to whether not they get an excellent education. One major situation that affects the way people learn is having the opposite sex in the same learning environment. Males overspeak females and feel it necessary to overpower the females, causing a constant fight to see who can outsmart the other.…

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    The lack of females working in leadership roles nationwide is staggering. According to CNN Money Report’s article “Still missing: Female business leaders,” only 14.2% of the top five leadership positions in S&P 500 companies were held by women in 2015 (Egan, 2015). Of those same companies, only 24 had a female CEO leading the business. The University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy also conducted a study on the status of women in Missouri in January 2015. The study focused on five…

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    The stomach stores swallowed food and liquid. The acid in the stomach breaks down the food and liquid until it empties into the small intestine. The small intestine mixes the food and liquid with digestive juices from the pancreas, live and intestine and pushes into the large intestine (NIDDK, 2016). The large intestine is in control of the waste products. The large intestine absorbs water from the and any other nutrients and then it goes from liquid to stool (NIDDK, 2016). Reproductive System …

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    Introduction Sea urchin gametes are an excellent model for observing vertebrate development. Sea urchins are a low cost species that can be maintained in a laboratory environment, have external fertilization and have distinct stages for viewing development in offspring. They are external breeders, so when the gametes are mature, they are released into seawater. The seawater carries the gametes where they will fertilize and develop. How does the sperm find the eggs? The jelly coating on the…

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    However, fertilisation can take place during this process. Fertilisation is the joining of a male and female haploid gamete. Haploid means that the sex cell contains one half of the chromosomes (23 pairs) and half of the genetic information of the body cell. The female sex cell is the oocyte, and the male is the sperm cell. These join to form a diploid zygote, which has 46 chromosomes, two sets of 23 chromosomes from the male and female gamete. The zygote then goes on to become an embryo. (BBC,…

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