arisen by natural selection in circumstances particular to the species, so no general rules would be expected.

Embryonic development of animals

The sperm and egg fuse in the process of fertilization to form a fertilized egg, or zygote. This undergoes a period of divisions to form a ball or sheet of similar cells called a blastula or blastoderm. These cell divisions are usually rapid with no growth so the daughter cells are

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