Question

The fertilized egg divides by the process of [DPMT 1982]
A) Regeneration
B) Oogenesis
C) Cleavage
D) Invagination

Answer 1

I think the answer should be C

Answer 2

The fertilized egg divides by the process of C) Cleavage.

• The formation of a fertiliser egg occurs by the fusion of egg and sperm.
• A fertilised egg is a zygote which is formed due to reduction division or meiosis in male and female gametes.
• Zygote or fertiliser egg undergo mitotic division which is called cleavage.
• Cleavage results in different stages which are morula, gastrula and blastula that ultimately form the embryo.
• Oogenesis is the release of ova in the female reproductive system.

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