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To: gitmo
FYI--There is no such thing as a "fertilized egg".

At fertilization the egg and sperm cease to be. They become a one celled blastocyst with the same DNA that life will have till he/she dies. Be it at 93 years or 93 minutes. At this one cell stage the sex is known, as well as all the info that can be gotten from a DNA test on you or me.

44 posted on 06/07/2004 2:36:30 PM PDT by cpforlife.org (The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement is at www.CpForLife.org)
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To: cpforlife.org

Day 1--Fertilization Check

Early in the morning, the eggs are checked for signs of fertilization. At this time, normally fertilized eggs will have 2 nuclei in the center, one from the egg and one from the sperm. (as shown below)

Fertilized egg with 2 nuclei.

 

Any number of nuclei greater or lesser than 2 indicates abnormal fertilization. Normally fertilized eggs are now considered to be embryos, and are separated from the unfertilized and abnormally fertilized eggs.

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I know when I took Embryology, Cellular Biology, and Comparative Anatomy the term fertilized egg was acceptable.
50 posted on 06/07/2004 2:44:39 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: cpforlife.org
At fertilization the egg and sperm cease to be. They become a one celled blastocyst

Better brush up on your terminology. There is no such thing a "one celled blastocyst". "Blastocyst" refers to the many-celled stage where the embryo has differentiated into two different types of cells, in two separate regions, one of which will become the placenta and the other of which will become the fetus.

66 posted on 06/07/2004 5:00:59 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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