Difference between revisions of "Heteropaternal superfecundation"
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| − | '''Heteropaternal superfecundation''' is a | + | '''Heteropaternal superfecundation''' is a rarely occurring [[medical]] term describing the [[fertilization]] of two or more [[ovary]] by [[sperm]] from different males. According to Academic Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, "A woman who has sexual relations with two or more men at short intervals within the same ovulatory period can be impregnated by both men," thus twin newborn children are half-brothers or half-sisters with different [[father]]s. Among some animal species, however, it is quite common. |
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Revision as of 16:49, May 18, 2009
Heteropaternal superfecundation is a rarely occurring medical term describing the fertilization of two or more ovary by sperm from different males. According to Academic Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, "A woman who has sexual relations with two or more men at short intervals within the same ovulatory period can be impregnated by both men," thus twin newborn children are half-brothers or half-sisters with different fathers. Among some animal species, however, it is quite common.