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Features: [[Z#zygote|zygote]], fertilized oocyte, [[P#pronuclei|pronuclei]], [[P#polar bodies|polar bodies]], [[Z#zona pellucida|zona pellucida]]
Features: [[Z#zygote|zygote]], fertilized oocyte, [[P#pronuclei|pronuclei]], [[P#polar bodies|polar bodies]], [[Z#zona pellucida|zona pellucida]]


This image shows an early human zygote where the male and female pronuclei have not yet combined to form the single zygote nucleus.
This image shows an early human zygote where the male and female pronuclei (centre of image) have not yet combined to form the single zygote nucleus.


Two of the egg's polar bodies (right, 3 o'clock position) are shown at the edge of the egg cytoplasm. These polar bodies contain the excess DNA from the meiotic divisions of the egg.
Two of the egg's polar bodies (right, 3 o'clock position of image) are shown at the edge of the egg cytoplasm. These polar bodies contain the excess DNA from the meiotic divisions of the egg.


The zona pellucida
The zona pellucida (edge of image) forms a specialised thick extracellular matrix layer around both the egg and the developing conceptus for the first week.


==Additional Images==
==Additional Images==

Revision as of 08:07, 5 April 2010

Early zygote.jpg

Facts: Week 1, size 0.1-0.15 mm

Features: zygote, fertilized oocyte, pronuclei, polar bodies, zona pellucida

This image shows an early human zygote where the male and female pronuclei (centre of image) have not yet combined to form the single zygote nucleus.

Two of the egg's polar bodies (right, 3 o'clock position of image) are shown at the edge of the egg cytoplasm. These polar bodies contain the excess DNA from the meiotic divisions of the egg.

The zona pellucida (edge of image) forms a specialised thick extracellular matrix layer around both the egg and the developing conceptus for the first week.

Additional Images


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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 23) Embryology Carnegie stage 1. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Carnegie_stage_1

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