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Also known as embryonic cell, blastomere, blastomeres

In biology, a blastomere is a type of cell produced by cell division (cleavage) of the zygote after fertilization; blastomeres are an essential part of blastula formation, and blastocyst formation in mammals.

Key facts

Embryology.Name
Blastomere
Embryology.Latin
blastomerus

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
cell type
Subclass of
cell
Image
Embryo, 8 cells.jpg
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native label
blastomerus
Commons category
Blastomeres
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Human blastomere characteristics
  • Blastomere differentiation
  • Models of differentiation
  • Related disorders
  • Diagnostics
  • References
  • Sources

In biology, a blastomere is a type of cell produced by cell division (cleavage) of the zygote after fertilization; blastomeres are an essential part of blastula formation, and blastocyst formation in mammals.

==Human blastomere characteristics==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “blastomer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.