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 have not yet combined to form the single zygote nucleus.
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Stage1 size with ruler
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2020, August 12) Embryology Carnegie stage 1. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Carnegie_stage_1
- © Dr Mark Hill 2020, UNSW Embryology ISBN: 978 0 7334 2609 4 - UNSW CRICOS Provider Code No. 00098G
