IVF embryo, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of a human embryo produced from in vitro fertilisation (IVF) at the 8 cell stage, three days after fertilisation. Known as a morula, this is a cluster of eight large rounded cells called blastomeres that have divided from a single fertilised cell (zygote). Subsequent division of these cells results in the formation of a hollow ball of cells known as a blastocyst.

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Photo credit: © ZEPHYR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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