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Revision as of 12:40, 22 June 2012

Introduction

All human and animal embryos go through very similar stages of early development. The major difference appears to be how long it takes to reach each of these same stages. We now also know that many of the underlying signals that regulate development are the same between these different species.

This page will introduce how we can compare the development of different animal embryos.


K12 Links: Start Here | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 to 8 | Arms and Legs | Heart | Fetus | Brain Growth | Eyes and Ears | Animal Development Times | Humans and Animal Embryology | Comparative Embryology | Thalidomide

Human Carnegie Stages

Carnegie stages are named after the famous USA institute which began collecting and classifying embryos in the early 1900's. Human stages are based on the external and/or internal features of the embryo, and are not directly dependent on either age or size. The human embryonic period proper is divided into 23 Carnegie stages covering the first 8 weeks after fertilisation (post-ovulation).

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The Carnegie Embryos

Other features used in this classification include: ranges of age in days, number of segments (somites) present, and embryonic size (CRL, crown rump length). Similar types of measurements are also used to stage how animal embryos develop. You can therefore compare other animal embryos each other and to human development by using these staging criteria.

Week 4 to 5

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Measuring embryo size Surface bulges
Links: Carnegie Stages

Species Comparison of Carnegie Stages

This table shows a comparison between different animal embryos and human embryos using the same staging criteria. Note that researchers have also developed embryo staging criteria that is specific to a single species.

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Links: Animal Development

Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, March 29) Embryology K12 Comparative Embryology. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/K12_Comparative_Embryology

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© Dr Mark Hill 2024, UNSW Embryology ISBN: 978 0 7334 2609 4 - UNSW CRICOS Provider Code No. 00098G