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PLATE NUMBER

STAGE

TIME

ORIENTATION

IMAGE

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Fetrilized egg

Embryo stage 1

20 min p.f.

Animal

Vegetal

Animal-vegetal section

Formation of the Second Polar Body

After fertilization, the ovum undergoes a second meiotic division and the second polar body is extruded.