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Cleavage in mammalian egg is

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A.equal holoblastic
B.unequal holoblastic
C.suoerficial meroblastic
D.discoidal meroblastic

Solution

The progressive divison of cells duringembryonic grwth is called cleavage. It is not accompanied by any increase in the embryo’s overall size.
The fisrt cleavage occurs in human zygote about 30 hours after fertilization. It is holoblastic (complete) and gives rise to the blastomeres-one of which is slightly larger than the other.

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