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What is embryo? What is the difference between zygote and embryo?

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Embryo is the earliest stage of development of an organism when it has not even reached to a distinctively recognizable form. After fertilization the cell which is formed by the fusion of male and female gametes is called zygote. Zygote gradually divides and develops into an embryo.


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