Terminology

Fecundity
The capability to produce offspring.
The potential for reproduction of a recorded population as opposed to a sole organism.
The level of fertility of human, animal, and organic life as measured by the number of gametes (eggs), seed set, or asexual propagules.

Fecundation is another term for fertilization.

Articles

Heritable Transmission of Stress Resistance by High Dietary Glucose in Caenorhabditis elegans et al. Article
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