blastomeres

Further, only the two-day-old embryos that have four equal-sized cells called blastomeres, and a nucleus that is clearly visualized, are the most likely to develop into a healthy pregnancy.

Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

At this stage the cells are called blastomeres, and the organism as a whole is called a morula from the time it has 16 blastomeres to the next stage.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010

At this stage the cells are called blastomeres, and the organism as a whole is called a morula from the time it has 16 blastomeres to the next stage.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

The fertility clinic where you work is on fire, and in one office, there is a Petri dish contains five human blastomeres (fertilized eggs) †according to “pro-life” dogma (see South Dakota) these are five “pre-born children. ”

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In his paper, Lanza says that of 91 blastomeres used, 53 divided.

Scientific Sidestep? 2007

There is debate over whether the single-celled blastomeres, once removed from embryos, might be able to develop into embryos themselves, scientists say (though there have been no published reports supporting this to date).

Scientific Sidestep? 2007

Typical somatic cells in animals are 5-10 µm in diameter, but ova can be a millimeter or more in diameter, and individual blastomeres the cells in the cleavage stage embryo can be several hundred µm across.

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In fertility clinics, where the embryo is available outside the woman in the normal course of in vitro fertilization, one of these blastomeres can be removed for diagnostic tests, like for Down syndrome.

Think Progress » Bush Administration Invents New Excuse To Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research 2006

The new technique would be performed on a two-day-old embryo, after the fertilized egg has divided into eight cells, known as blastomeres.

Think Progress » Bush Administration Invents New Excuse To Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research 2006

Typical somatic cells in animals are 5-10 µm in diameter, but ova can be a millimeter or more in diameter, and individual blastomeres the cells in the cleavage stage embryo can be several hundred µm across.

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