fertilized egg
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Based on such self-organization, the mammalian embryo develops from a single fertilized egg cell into a multicellular organism.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
The fertilized egg then evolves into a float that returns to the surface and forms another colony.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
Evolutionarily, it has always been taught that the purpose of menstruation is to shed old uterine linings in the absence of a fertilized egg.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2024
An ectopic pregnancy happens when a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus, most often in the fallopian tube, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
In 1768, the Berlin embryologist Caspar Wolff tried to finesse an answer by concocting a guiding principle—vis essentialis corporis, as he called it—that progressively shepherded the maturation of a fertilized egg into a human form.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
