• The earliest developmental stage of a fertilized ovum (ZYGOTE) during which there are several mitotic divisions within the ZONA PELLUCIDA. (centralx.com)
  • Fertilization of the ovum to form a new human organism, the human zygote. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cells produced by cleavage of the zygote. (metaglossary.com)
  • Once fertilized, the ovum is referred to as a zygote, a single diploid cell. (breakingnewsweb.com)
  • The zygote undergoes mitotic divisions with no significant growth (a process known as cleavage) and cellular differentiation, leading to development of a multicellular embryo. (breakingnewsweb.com)
  • The zygote undergoes holobiastic and equal cleavage. (biozoomer.com)
  • Fertilisation of an ovum by a spermatozoon results in the formation of a zygote. (biologydiscussion.com)
  • Development of a single-celled zygote into an adult involves a series of steps or stages resulting in a gradual increase in the complexity of structure. (biologydiscussion.com)
  • In fact it includes all the changes by which a fertilised ovum or zygote is transformed into an adult. (biologydiscussion.com)
  • The size of the cleaving zygote remains unchanged because at each succeeding cleavage division, the blastomeres become smaller. (pickpdfs.com)
  • This solid mass of 12 to approximately 32 blastomeres is formed by cleavage of a zygote. (pickpdfs.com)
  • a) During cleavage, the zygote rapidly divides into multiple cells without increasing in size. (opentextbc.ca)
  • The zygote undergoes a number of mitotic divisions, resulting in formation of "3-celled" [ known as Embryo ] stage, "4-celled" stage, and so on. (homeopathy360.com)
  • 4) After that in a culture medium, the sperm and ova are allowed to fuse, which leads to the formation of a zygote. (aakash.ac.in)
  • 5) Zygote is stimulated to develop in vitro upto the 8-16 celled stage. (aakash.ac.in)
  • 1. ZIFT (Zygote IntraFallopian Transfer)- In this technique, the zygote or embryo till 8-blastomere stage is transferred in the fallopian tube of the female. (aakash.ac.in)
  • Fertilization occurs by the fusion of the nucleus of sperm (which contains 23 chromosomes ) with the nucleus of the ovum (which contains 23 chromosomes ) to form the zygote (fertilized ovum), which contains a nucleus with 46 chromosomes (23 pairs of chromosomes ). (online-sciences.com)
  • Franklin P. Mall, who studied under His, established the Carnegie Embryological Collection in Baltimore and was the first person to stage human embryos (in 1914). (lifeissues.net)
  • Mall's successor, George L. Streeter, laid down the basis of the currently used staging system for human embryos (1942-48), which was instituted in 1942 , completed by Ronan O'Rahilly (1973) and revised by O'Rahilly and Fabiola Muller (1987), and updated every 3-5 years by the international nomenclature committee (FIPAT) - to the present (January 2011). (lifeissues.net)
  • The numbers of fluorescent foci suggest that extensive clustering of telomeres occurs in mature GV stage oocytes, and in pre-implantation embryos. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • He observed that in the normal development of Amphioxus, all three main types of symmetry, or cleavage patterns observed in embryos, could be found. (asu.edu)
  • Embryos may be transferred at this stage of development. (worldmedic-ivf.com)
  • Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is an IVF procedure in which a single sperm is injected straight into the ovum, and is used in cases of male factor infertility, advanced maternal age, and if resulting embryos are to have PDG/PGS. (worldmedic-ivf.com)
  • The grading system for blastocyst stage embryos is different from that used for early cleavage stage embryos. (sharedjourney.com)
  • I f there were only two embryos that had reached the blastocyst stage, then I agree that there is no point in waiting any longer for the embryos to further develop to the expanded blastocyst stage. (sharedjourney.com)
  • Provided the lab has experience freezing and thawing blastocyst stage embryos, they should suvive. (sharedjourney.com)
  • The main reason blastocyst stage embryos don't survive the freeze-thaw process is because they were of poor quality to begin with (not all blastocyst stage embryos are created equal - that's why we grade them). (sharedjourney.com)
  • When donated eggs are used, 50-60% of the embryos should make it to the blastocyst stage with majority be of top quality. (sharedjourney.com)
  • Athough a first time donor may look good on paper, E2 levels and U/S, the quality of the eggs cannot be ascertained until the eggs are fertilized and the embryos cultured to the blastocyst stage. (sharedjourney.com)
  • So, it is our policy to guarantee at least two good quality blastocyst stage embryos for transfer in a DE cycle. (sharedjourney.com)
  • Each cleavage or segmentation yields two BLASTOMERES of about half size of the parent cell. (centralx.com)
  • The yolk also influences on the pattern of cleavage, on the morphogenetic movements of the blastomeres during gastrulation and on the type of development, i.e., indirect with larval forms or direct with juvenile stages. (biologydiscussion.com)
  • Any one of the cells formed from the first few cleavages in animal embryology. (metaglossary.com)
  • The most recent updating of the Carnegie Stages (Jan. 2011) by the international nomenclature committee on human embryology, i.e., the Terminologia Embryologica Committee is also available online. (lifeissues.net)
  • Embryology is the scientific study of the development of the embryo, from the fertilisation of the ovum to a fully developed foetus. (worldmedic-ivf.com)
  • On mating, (hopefully), the sperm from the cock fertilises the ovum of the hen to produce the egg. (budgerigarclub.com)
  • The sperm and the ovum are single cells which contain only one chromosome of each chromosome pair (which half of a chromosome pair that gets included in the sperm or ovum is a matter of chance). (budgerigarclub.com)
  • This occurs during that part of the production of the sperm and the ovum when the chromosomes pair up and lie parallel to each other. (budgerigarclub.com)
  • Embryogenesis starts with the fertilization of the egg cell (ovum) by a sperm cell, (spermatozoon). (breakingnewsweb.com)
  • Human development is a continuous process that begins when an oocyte (ovum) from a female is fertilized by a sperm (or spermatozoon) from a male. (americanrtl.org)
  • The book presents photographs by photographer Edward Leaming that capture stages of fertilization, the fusion of sperm and egg and early development of sea urchin (Toxopneustes variegatus) ova, or egg cell. (asu.edu)
  • The fusion of these two membranes creates an opening through which the sperm nucleus is transferred into the ovum. (opentextbc.ca)
  • The tail: thin and long and it is responsible for the movement of the sperm till reaches the ovum . (online-sciences.com)
  • The ovum surrounds itself with a coat after the penetration of sperm inside it to prevent the penetration of any other sperm . (online-sciences.com)
  • 2) Poor quality sperm (i.e. excessive DNA fragmentation) can negatively affect embryo development to the blastocyst stage and the quality of the resulting blastocysts. (sharedjourney.com)
  • Complex coordinated contractions of the musculature are thought to be important for movement of the ovum from the distal end to the proximal end of the tube, while at the same time aiding in the movement of sperm from the proximal end to the distal end of the oviduct. (medscape.com)
  • BLAS-toe-mere A cell in a preembryonic organism resulting from cleavage divisions. (metaglossary.com)
  • It has been known for over 125 years that fertilization results in the formation of a new genetically unique living single-cell human organism, a human embryo or human being at the single-cell stage. (lifeissues.net)
  • Louvet-Vallee, S., Vinot, S. & Maro, B. Mitotic spindles and cleavage planes are oriented randomly in the two-cell mouse embryo. (nature.com)
  • Blastocyst is a term describing a stage in embryonic growth which an embryo reaches five or six days from fertilisation. (worldmedic-ivf.com)
  • Fertilisation is the process of fusion of two mature, haploid (23 chromosomes each) gamete cells, one from each parent, i.e., an Ovum and a spermatozoa. (homeopathy360.com)
  • It is produced by cleavage of a fertilized ovum and consists of a spherical layer of around 128 cells surrounding a central fluid-filled cavity called the blastocoel. (virtualflybrain.org)
  • The future pallium and some of the mantle-groove, resting stage of infiltration are the body cavity. (solo-predictions.com)
  • The process of cleavage lasts for 6 days, which occurs in fallopian tubes, from where it is transferred to the uterine cavity on around 4th day via ciliary beats of uterine epithelium and contraction of uterine tube musculature. (homeopathy360.com)
  • In mammals, the term refers chiefly to early stages of prenatal development, whereas the terms fetus and fetal development describe later stages. (breakingnewsweb.com)
  • In most mammals cleavage results in a solid mass of cells called the morula (Fig. 55, a). (edu.au)
  • In placental mammals (including humans) where nourishment is provided by the mother's body, the eggs have a very small amount of yolk and undergo holoblastic cleavage. (opentextbc.ca)
  • In mammals, the blastula forms the blastocyst in the next stage of development. (opentextbc.ca)
  • In some lower animals the amount of yolk is less in egg, so that the embryo hatches in earlier stages of development, called a larva. (biologydiscussion.com)
  • The type of cleavage depends on the amount of yolk in the eggs. (opentextbc.ca)
  • Other species, such as birds, with a lot of yolk in the egg to nourish the embryo during development, undergo meroblastic cleavage. (opentextbc.ca)
  • Each blastomere is capable of developing into an identical embryo until the embryo reaches about the 30-cell stage, after which the cells begin to differentiate into specific tissues. (metaglossary.com)
  • Through in current water sperms will enter into the gastric pouches of the female.Sperms will fertilise the ova in the gastric pouches. (biozoomer.com)
  • Male medusa will produce sperms and female medusa will produce ova. (biozoomer.com)
  • Other methods of calculation, based upon expected maximum and minimum numbers of telomeres, confirm that telomere length in blastocysts is significantly longer than cleavage stages. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • The fimbriae trap the ovulated ovum and sweep it through the tubal ostium into the ampulla. (medscape.com)
  • But the concept of alternation of generations in Aurelia is not true because the two alternating stages are diploid, hence it is called metagenesis . (biozoomer.com)
  • One of the cells in the early embryo produced as the result of cell division (cleavage) in the fertilized egg. (metaglossary.com)
  • Indeed, the early stages in the development of an animal are not like the adult stages of other forms but resemble only the early stages of those animals. (lifeissues.net)
  • Since cleavage and the formation of the blastodermic vesicle in man has not been observed, it is necessary to take some other mammalian form for the early stages. (edu.au)
  • Long, the early stages being withdrawn once to be found in structure of the upper itahan windspiel. (solo-predictions.com)
  • He said evaluating quality was a little difficult at the early stages but that they looked good. (sharedjourney.com)
  • While the fetus may be at a different stage of life than a full grown human, it is still a human and thus not part of a separate species. (createdebate.com)
  • The medusa stage of Obelia species is often observed in coastal and offshore plankton worldwide. (microbiologynote.com)
  • The theory that successive stages of individual development (ontogeny) correspond with ('recapitulate') successive adult ancestors in the line of evolutionary descent (phylogeny) became popular in the nineteenth century as the so-called biogenetic law. (lifeissues.net)
  • This study implies that telomere length changes according to the stage of pre-implantation embryo development. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • Effects of quality and development stage on the survival of FIV-derived bovine blastocyst cultured in vitro after freezing and thawing. (lipi.go.id)
  • Up to the time and stage when the mesoderm becomes a loosely arranged tissue filling much of the interior of the blastodermic vesicle, nothing is known of the development of the human ovum. (edu.au)
  • William Harvey (1578- 1657) and Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) contributed information on the various stages of the development of chick on the basis of their studies with the help of simple lens. (biologydiscussion.com)
  • Wilson obtained high quality images of egg cells by cutting the cells into thin sections and preserving them throughout different stages of development. (asu.edu)
  • Beauty and the development finds embryonic-extraembryonic as it is this middle, with Villeneuve's stage Completing completed as a Aircraft PMA for enthusiasts and Beaumont ruptures seeing obligated as a entire contribution for posts. (need4speed.com)
  • It appears the the grading is based pretty much on the stage of development of the blastocyst. (sharedjourney.com)
  • Sec. of uteri showing ova with male and female pronuclei prepared microscope slide. (inds.co.uk)
  • 2) With the help of laparoscopy, the multiple unfertilised ova is collected from the reproductive tract of the female. (aakash.ac.in)
  • The female produces only one ripe ovum on the 14 th day of the beginning of the menstrual cycle. (online-sciences.com)
  • In different stages in his paper an aboral-oral direc- tive segments a longitudinal folds. (goldenowlhunt.com)
  • All zygotes were cultured in CRlaa medium up to btastocyst stage and were fed with serum 5 \iV 50 )j.l in culture medium on day 6. (lipi.go.id)
  • The three phases (a, b, and c) referred to above will be included here under stage 1, the characteristic feature of which is unicellularity . (americanrtl.org)
  • Study design: A three-stage cluster and stratified sampling was applied in selection of enumeration areas, households and individuals in a baseline survey for a 5-year Family planning programme. (bvsalud.org)