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Jinx
08-02-2007, 09:21 PM
Are these terms interchangeable? If not, what is the technical difference?

friedo
08-02-2007, 09:24 PM
A zygote is an egg cell which has been successfully fertilized; once it starts dividing, it becomes an embryo.

Jinx
08-02-2007, 09:28 PM
So, you might say my question is really splitting hairs! Er, um...cells! :D