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Difference between zygote and embryo


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Zygote:

  1. The zygote is a single cell formed after the fertilization of an egg cell from a female with the sperm from a male.

Embryo:

  1. The zygote further undergoes meiosis and mitosis, and the cell division forms a blastocyte, which further forms an Embryo.

Zygote

Embryo

1.A zygote is a single cell formed after the fertilization of an egg cell from the female with the sperm from the male.

1. Embryo is a developed blastocyte, formed from cell division of the Zygote.

2. Zygote is a single cell.

2. Embryo is a multi-cellular stage.

3. Zygote is the union of male gamete sperm and female gamete egg during the process of fertilization.

3. Embryo is an unborn offspring with a developed heart and organs under the development process.

4. The process of zygote formation is called fertilization.

4. The process of embryo formation is called embryogenesis


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