Figure 1: Evolutionary age and sequence divergence of A. thaliana genes. Across different animal taxa, the phylotypic stage was defined as the stage at which all major body parts are represented at ...

The process of embryogenesis begins with an egg or ovum being fertilized by a sperm cell to form a zygote. The zygote is a single diploid cell, which will ultimately multiply through mitotic division ...

Human embryogenesis is a complex process that occurs during the first eight weeks after fertilization. The stages of embryogenesis are described in more detail below. Image Credit: Andrii Vodolazhskyi ...

A recent study in Nature Cell Biology identified guinea pigs as promising small animals to model preimplantation development, a critical step in human embryogenesis. Stem cells provide opportunities ...

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Washington Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life ...

A central question in modern biology is how the information stored in the genome of a fertilized egg orchestrates the making of an organism. The Nematode C. elegans, aka the worm, is a powerful system ...