Computer Generated Image from Micro-MRI, actual size of zygote = 0.1 mm - This image captures the moment of fertilization, when a sperm breaks through the oocyte's outer shell and breaches the inner membrane. Once fertilized, the egg becomes a zygote, which then begins its 3-day descent to the uterus via the fallopian tubes.

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