Offspring 96628 219940332 2008-06-17T15:29:41Z Doctorfluffy 4413627 Reverted 2 edits by [[Special:Contributions/Putnum|Putnum]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:Doctorfluffy|Doctorfluffy]]. using [[WP:TWINKLE|TW]] {{otheruses2|Offspring}} [[Image:Frog in frogspawn.jpg|right|thumb|A [[frog]] in frogspawn.]] In [[biology]], '''offspring''' are the product of [[reproduction]], a new [[organism]] produced by one or more [[parent]]s. Collective offspring may be known as a '''brood''' or '''progeny''' in a more general way. This can refer to a set of simultaneous offspring, such as the [[chick]]s hatched from one clutch of eggs, or to all the offspring, as with the [[brood (honeybee)|honeybee]]. Human offspring ([[kinship and descent|descendant]]s) are referred to as [[children]] (without reference to age, thus one can refer to a parent's "[[minor (law)|minor]] children" or "[[adult]] children"); male children are [[son]]s and female children are [[daughter]]s. See [[kinship and descent]]. The [[Fetus#Etymology_and_spelling_variations|word "fetus" is derived]] from the Latin word for "offspring." In humans, the [[fetus|fetal]] stage begins eight weeks after conception, when all of the major organs have been formed. ==See also== *[[Bateman's principle]] *[[Clutch size]] *[[Donor offspring]] *[[Infanticide (zoology)]] *[[litter (animal)|Litter]] *[[Parent-offspring conflict]] *[[Parental investment]] [[Category:Genealogy]] [[Category:Reproduction]] {{biology-stub}} [[cs:Potomek]] [[de:Nachkomme]] [[es:Descendencia]] [[fr:ProgĂ©niture]] [[it:Progenie]] [[no:Avkom]] [[pl:Potomstwo]] [[pt:DescendĂȘncia]] [[simple:Offspring]]