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Just Before Blastocyst: The Morlula

Posted on January 27, 2009

So what happens after day 3? Two days later we would like it to be a blastocyst. The day before it becomes a blastocyst, it should be a morula. A morula forms when the 8 cell embryo divides further, and at the same time the cells become very close to each other. Here it s difficult to see the borders of the cells, so the morula looks like one big blob. It s solid in the middle. It s still inside the shell. There are about 12-30 cells in a morula.Here are some pictures:Here is a nice looking morula.Here are a few others . The top right looks nice, the others look OK, the bottom right l...

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