Like the Jews, the Muslims came to see the Rock as a meeting point between God and Man, the centre of the earth, the origin of all fertility.
Fernandez and Fogli (2009) show, empirically, the significant influence of cultural beliefs prevailing in a father's country of origin on the fertility decisions of second-generation immigrants in the USA.
All those breasts and bellies, half human, half beast, have their origin in the most ancient of fertility sculptures, the little oolitic limestone Michelin figure of around 24,000 years BC, the so-called Willendorf Venus.
To report on the safety of conservative management of a young woman with pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin desiring fertility preservation.
"Even if you tried to match European-Americans with their country of origins, fertility would be higher than in Europe," he said.
Similar to other F plasmids, the tra region in pAPEC-1 is boarded by the origin of transfer (oriT) and the fertility inhibition gene, finO [[31]; Fig. 3A].
The benefits, however, are much more substantial if the migrant workers only stay in Britain for a temporary period before returning to their country of origin, since their fertility levels tend to converge with the low rates in the west and they, too, eventually become part of the ageing phenomenon.
(2013) examined the relationship between international migration and source country fertility and provided evidence of a strong transfer of fertility norms from migrants to their country of origin.
Liber and Libera, in Roman religion, a pair of fertility and cultivation deities of uncertain origin.
If you see a history of May Day in the newspapers this year, it is most likely to recount the mystical, medieval origins of a pagan fertility festival.
