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Blastocyst

A blastocyst is an embryo at a stage where it consists of 30-150 cells. It is covered in a layer of trophoblasts, cells which will eventually form the placenta. The inner cells of the blastocyst are undifferentiated, and a source of embryonic stem cells.



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