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A viable sperm can survive in hen's reproductive tract for weeks [1], so she doesn't have to be impregnated in this 15 minute window to produce a fertilized yol
by magnat 3y ago
A viable sperm can survive in hen's reproductive tract for weeks [1], so she doesn't have to be impregnated in this 15 minute window to produce a fertilized yolk.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3944358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3944358/
- sparky_z 3y agoAh, that makes more sense. Thanks. It's still a little surprising to me that the process doesn't abort early if the egg isn't fertilized. But maybe that's such an unusual occurrence if the wild that it just doesn't come up that often.