Any process that modulates the rate, frequency or extent of fertilization. Fertilization is the union of gametes of opposite sexes during the process of sexual reproduction to form a zygote. It involves the fusion of the gametic nuclei (karyogamy) and cytoplasm (plasmogamy). [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20478994 GOC:DHL ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it