Talk:Insemination

Disorders associated with assisted insemination

"Whether insemination takes place naturally or by artificial means, however, the pregnancy and the progress of it will be the same."

We cannot be quite sure about it. There is evidence that the gamete environment in artificial insemination disrupts normal epigenetic inheritance by affecting the methylation states of certain genes. This causes disorders, e.g., Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome [Lim et al., Hum. Reprod. 2009. V.24. No.3. P.741-747]. --Zwyciezca (talk) 04:29, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Semen

Insemination is the introduction of semen. This article does not even mention semen. It does, however contain many references to sperm, which may or may not be present in semen. The article also makes many references to impregnation, which may or may not happen after insemination.

This article needs to be rewritten to be more semen-centric. The sperm/pregnancy information should be moved to a separate article, or at least to a self-contained section in this article. Maxvgc (talk) 02:39, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Maxvgc (talk · contribs), your Merriam-Webster source states "to put semen into (a woman or a female animal) in order to cause pregnancy"; it seems that the source is assuming that the semen will have sperm. You know, since it's the sperm that will "cause pregnancy." This Merriam-Webster source even states, "[T]he sticky, whitish liquid containing sperm that is produced by a male's sex organs." In other words, it assumes that the semen automatically has sperm.

Since semen by itself does not "cause pregnancy," I don't see why the insemination article should focus more on semen instead of on sperm. Flyer22 (talk) 03:45, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

The pregnancy, which may or may not occur, is not necessary for insemination. When semen that does not contain sperm through vasectomy or otherwise is introduced into a female's reproductive tract, that is insemination. The etymology/origin and the medical sections on the Webster's link make it clear that insemination has everything to do with semen. Semen is necessary and sufficient for insemination. Sperm not necessary for insemination, and it is sufficient for insemination only because its delivery via semen indicates the presence of semen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxvgc (talk • contribs) 18:01, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

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