{"title":"What is an embryo?","authors":"A. Kiessling","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv19m6444.10","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Most scientific and medical discoveries are accompanied by new terms to describe the new processes. Although this imposes the burden on society of continually learning a new lexicon, new terminology clarifies that the societal impact of emerging technologies needs to be newly interpreted. A notable exception to this general practice, however, has been the failure to develop new terms to describe the new demands placed on mammalian eggs. Approximately 250 times the size of a somatic cell, and 4,000 times the size of a sperm head, the mammalian egg is a highly specialized cell which has stockpiled a collection of enzymes and other molecules that empower it to completely remodel the chromosomes brought in","PeriodicalId":80998,"journal":{"name":"Connecticut law review","volume":"36 4 1","pages":"1051-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Connecticut law review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv19m6444.10","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Most scientific and medical discoveries are accompanied by new terms to describe the new processes. Although this imposes the burden on society of continually learning a new lexicon, new terminology clarifies that the societal impact of emerging technologies needs to be newly interpreted. A notable exception to this general practice, however, has been the failure to develop new terms to describe the new demands placed on mammalian eggs. Approximately 250 times the size of a somatic cell, and 4,000 times the size of a sperm head, the mammalian egg is a highly specialized cell which has stockpiled a collection of enzymes and other molecules that empower it to completely remodel the chromosomes brought in
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