embryo
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"I've never heard of an incident like this in the UK. It is the biggest fear of any IVF unit to mix up an egg or sperm or embryo."
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Scientists from the Robinson Research Institute, the School of Biomedicine, and the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing studied how space-like conditions affect sperm navigation, fertilization, and early embryo development.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
During the first few hours after fertilization, a fruit fly embryo rapidly divides its nuclei, producing thousands of cells in a short time.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
A week later it was confirmed that the embryo hadn't become a baby.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
The consequences of uncoupling could indeed be disastrous for any organism from embryo to adult: in time it could lead to the death of the tissue or even of the organism.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing embryo
Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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