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Fusion of two pairs of blastomeres inside 4-cell embryos.

(A) Fusion of first pair of blastomeres. (B) Fusion of second pair of blastomeres. (C) Resulting 2-cell embryos. Hoechst 33342 staining confirms the presence of two nuclei in each blastomere. (D) In vitro development of 4-cell embryos with two fused pairs of blastomeres. Hatching and hatched blastocyst.

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Reference

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