After conception, the fertilized egg—called a zygote—travels from the fallopian tubes into the uterus. This zygote's cells divide rapidly during this journey to become a blastocyst.

Mature ova are released from the ovary into the oviduct where they may be fertilised by sperm to form a zygote. In humans ... and fertilisation. The egg is released from the ovary and moves ...

An egg becomes fertilized when a sperm penetrates it, creating a zygote. For the first eight weeks, the developing baby is called an embryo. It looks like a tadpole. At about three weeks ...

The fusion of sperm and egg gametes during human fertilization establishes a diploid zygote and initiates a series of cell divisions that result in a multicellular embryo. The blastocyst stage is ...

The mother of a set of "one in a million" identical triplets is "overjoyed" to have them home for Christmas. Hunter, Bodhi and Travis were delivered in November at the Royal United Hospital in Bath to ...