Difference between revisions of "Embryo Splitting - Anatomy & Physiology"

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The early embryo is totipotent up until the Morula stage.
It is possible to create multiple individuals of identical genome by splitting blastomeres.

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	* The early embryo is totipotent up until the [[Fertilisation%2C_Implantation_and_Early_Embryonic_Development_-Embryonic_Development_of_the_Blastocyst-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology\|Morula]] stage.		* The early embryo is totipotent up until the [[Fertilisation%2C_Implantation_and_Early_Embryonic_Development_-Embryonic_Development_of_the_Blastocyst-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology\|Morula]] stage.
		+	* It is possible to create multiple individuals of identical genome by splitting [[Fertilisation%2C_Implantation_and_Early_Embryonic_Development_-Embryonic_Development_of_the_Blastocyst-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology\|blastomeres]].