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Stage 7
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Stage 8
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Stage 9
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Stage 10
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Stage 13
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Stage 14
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Stage 15
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Stage 16
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Stage 20
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Stage 21
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Stage 22
/ 52-55 days
Stage 23
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Introduction
Carnegie Stage 1 Figures
Schematic of events of fertilization of stage 1a and 1b embryos
Second polar body in the subzonal space
High power LM of section through the fertilization cone
High power LM of section through the fertilization cone
High power LM of section through the fertilization cone
High power LM of section through the fertilization cone
High power LM of section through the fertilization cone
High power LM of section through the fertilization cone
Sperm/oocyte fusion
Midpiece and tail from the same sperm
Sperm midpiece mitochondria within the ooplasm
Anaphase II spindle
Telophase II and expulsion of the second polar body
Abstraction of the second polar body
Area between the abstracted second polar body
Details of the interbody region of the second meiotic spindle
The junction area between the embryo and the second polar body
The cortical area next to the fertilization cone
Cell membrane during the cortical reaction
Cell membrane during the cortical reaction
Delayed release of cortical granules into the subzonal space
The zonal reaction
Narrow interpronuclear zone
Two pronuclei of approximate equal size
Pronuclear alignment along the polar axis
Close up view of polarized pronuclei
Close up view of pronuclei showing nucleolar distribution
Close up view of pronuclei showing nucleolar distribution
Close up view of pronuclei showing nucleolar distribution
Close up view showing good nucleoli distribution
Longitudinal section through a wavy part of the fertilizing sperm flagellum
High power TEM of the cytoplasm
Detail of sperm mitochondria
Developing paternal pronucleus
Developing maternal pronucleus
Edge of a pronucleus
Interpronuclear zone
Pronuclei in close proximity
Interpronuclear zone
Cytoplasmic organelles
Cytoplasmic organelles
Annulate lamellae
Cytoplasmic organelles
Detail of mitochondria
Pronuclear nucleolus
Disappearing pronuclei
Syngamy
Beginning of the first cleavage
First cleavage nearing completion
Two pronuclei dismantling in the central cytoplasm
Syngamy just prior to cleavage
First cleavage spindle
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