Question

Give one word for the following:
Initial stage in the development of an embryo

Answer 1

1. An embryo is the multicellular unborn offspring in the female reproductive tract that is still under development. At the initial stages of development, the embryo is called a blastocyst.

Blastocyst:

1. The diploid zygote repeatedly undergoes mitotic divisions to form the embryo.
2. A blastocyst is a ball of rapidly dividing cells that get implanted in the uterus's inner wall (endometrium).