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Preferred term

Blastomeres  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Blastocyte
  • Blastocytes

Note

  • do not confuse entry term BLASTOCYTES with BLASTOCYST

Scope note

  • Undifferentiated cells resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg (ZYGOTE). Inside the intact ZONA PELLUCIDA, each cleavage yields two blastomeres of about half size of the parent cell. Up to the 8-cell stage, all of the blastomeres are totipotent. The 16-cell MORULA contains outer cells and inner cells.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001757

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