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Also Known As	fusion • syngamy

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polyspermy cross-fertilization self-fertilization double fertilization autogamy cytogamy human reproductive system pollination gamete intrafallopian transfer in vitro fertilization sexual intercourse pseudocopulation zygote gamete

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Wilhelm Roux

German zoologist

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

British naturalist

Christian Konrad Sprengel

German botanist

Dame Anne McLaren

English geneticist

Beneden, Edouard van

Edouard van Beneden

Belgian embryologist and cytologist

Frank Rattray Lillie

American zoologist

Gustave-Adolphe Thuret

French botanist

Oskar Hertwig

German biologist