Blastocyst definition

Blastocyst means a preimplantation embryo of 30-100 cells. The blastocyst consists of a sphere made up of an outer layer of cells (the trophectoderm), a fluid-filled cavity (the blastocoel), and a cluster of cells on the interior (the inner cell mass).
Blastocyst means a pre-implantation embryo of about 150 to 250 cells produced by successive rounds of cell division following fertilization. The blastocyst is a sphere made up of an outer layer of cells (the trophoblast), a fluid-filled cavity (the blastocoel), and a cluster of cells on the interior (the inner cell mass).
Blastocyst means a small mass of cells that results from cell division, caused either by fertilization or somatic cell nuclear transfer, that has not been implanted in a uterus.

Examples of Blastocyst in a sentence

  • Transfection using targeting construct through breeding of mice • ES cell transfection • Blastocyst injection • Custom gene targeting programs It is understood that Creation Services specifically excludes sublicenses to distribute the resulting transgenic, knockout or mutant animals or any follow-on or other services related to those animals.


More Definitions of Blastocyst

Blastocyst means a small mass of cells that results from cell division,