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In vitro fertilisation is a technique that involves the transfer of which one of the followings into the Fallopian tube?

  • Embryo only, up to 8 cells stage

  • Either zygote or early embryo up to 8 cell stage

  • Embryo of 32 cells stage

  • zygote only

Solution

B.

Either zygote or early embryo up to 8 cell stage

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) or test -tube baby technique involves fertilising one or more eggs outside the body then transferring the fertilised eggs known as pre - embryos back into the uterus. Zygote Intra-Fallopian Transfer (ZIFT) is an example of IVF. In this, the zygote or early embryos up to 8blastomeres are transferred into the fallopian tube. if the embryo has more than 8 blastomeres then it is transferred into uterus called as IUT.