Comparative embryology is the branch of embryology that compares and contrasts embryos of different species, showing how all animals are related. Put simply, comparative embryology is the comparison of embryo development across species. All vertebrate embryos follow a common developmental path due to their common ancestry. … Read more
Embryology, the study of embryos, is an important cornerstone of biological evolution and can be used to help determine similarities and differences between various species. An embryo of an organism is the fertilized egg as it goes through the processes of development that is … Read more
Human development is a continuous process that begins when an oocyte (ovum) from a female is fertilized by a sperm (spermatozoon) from a male. Cell division, cell migration, programmed cell death (apoptosis), differentiation, growth, and cell rearrangement transform the fertilized … Read more