Question

In vitro fertilisation or test tube baby technique involves:

• A. Fertilisation outside the female body
• B. None of these
• C. Both of these
• D. Development of foetus in a test tube

Answer 1

The correct option is A Fertilisation outside the female body

In vitro fertilisation

• In vitro fertilisation is an assisted reproductive technology that involves the fusion of the egg and sperm outside the female body, in a petri dish, under sterile conditions.
• The zygote (formed after fertilisation) develops into the embryo.
• The embryo at the 16 blastomere stage is transferred to the uterus of the female for further development into the foetus.