Artificial insemination
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Artificial insemination, or AI, is the process by which sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female for the purpose of impregnating the female by using means other than sexual intercourse. In humans, it is used as assisted reproductive technology, primarily to treat infertility using sperm from the woman's partner, or sperm from a sperm donor (donor sperm) where the male partner produces no sperm. It is also increasingly used to enable women without a male partner (i.e., single women and lesbians) to produce children by using donor sperm. In cases where donor sperm is used the woman is the gestational and genetic mother of the child produced, and the sperm donor is the genetic or biological father of the child.
See also
- Accidental incest
- Conception device
- Donor conceived people
- Ejaculation
- Embryo transfer
- Ex-situ conservation
- Frozen bovine semen
- Frozen zoo
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- Semen extender
- Sperm bank
- Sperm donation
- Sperm sorting
- Surrogacy
- Wildlife
