Differentiate with the help of diagrams only between morula and blastocyst of a human.
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Both morula and blastocyst are the stages observed during the cleavage of zygote in mammals.
Differences between the two are as follows:
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Both morula and blastocyst are the stages observed during the cleavage of zygote in mammals.
Differences between the two are as follows:
Morula | Blastocyst |
Morula is 16-32 celled stage of early embryo formed from zygote undergoing cleavage, in about 3-4 days after fertilization. | Blastula is the next stage of embryo after morula, consisting of more than 100 cells(blastomeres) , which start to form after 5 days of fertilisation with the formation of a cavity within the ball of cells in morula |
Blastomeres in morula are organised into spherical mass of undifferentiated cells, consisting of outer layer of smaller cells and inner larger cell mass. |
Blastomeres in blastocyst are arranged into a differentiated outer layer called trophoblast and an inner group of cells arranged at one pole called the inner cell massalong with central cavity called blastocoel that contains nutritive fluid absorbed by trophoblast from uterine wall. Inner Cell Mass (ICM) forms the germ layers of developing embryo in humans, while trophoblast give rise to placenta. |
It is still surrounded by zona pellucida which prevents its sticking to uterine wall. | As, a blastocyst is formed, zona pellucida become thinner and finally disappears. |
It reaches the uterus in about 4 days after fertilisation and and continues to divide and turns into blastocyst stage. |
The blastocyst gets embedded into the thickened inner wall of the uterus through the process of implantation about six days after fertilisation , then this stage is followed by gastrula stage. |
Blastocycst
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