embryonic

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Cell division is fundamental to life, yet scientists have struggled to fully explain how it works in the earliest stages of embryonic development, especially in egg laying animals.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Europe must work a lot harder to give them protection while they are in a very embryonic state, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

They rarely work with finished products; instead, they nurture embryonic ideas.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

There are real concerns with IVF in America, even for those who do not belong to the movement for embryonic personhood.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

Each of these embryonic segments, Lewis knew, gives rise to a congruent segment found in the adult fly.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee