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Test-tube baby means a baby born when
Option: 1
The ovum is fertilised externally and there after implanted in the uterus
Option: 2
It develops from a non-fertilised egg
Option: 3
It is developed in a test-tube
Option: 4
It is developed through tissue culture method
Answers (1)
As discussed in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): IVF -
In-Vitro Fertilization & Embryo Transfer:
- It refers to the fusion of ovum and sperm in the lab.
- It is a procedure of fertilisation outside the body in almost similar conditions as that in the body.
- This method is popularly known as test-tube baby programme.
- In this technique, ova from the wife / donor (female) and sperm from the husband / donor (male) are collected and are induced to form the zygote under simulated conditions in the lab.
- The method starts with keeping track of the woman’s ovulatory process and stimulating it in order to remove an egg (ovum or ova) from the woman’s ovaries.
- The eggs are kept with sperm in a liquid for fertilization in a laboratory. The fertilization of egg results in the formation of zygote.
- The zygote undergoes embryo culture for the duration of 2-6 days.
- IVF is followed by embryo transfer wherein, embryo at a stage between pronuclei and blastocyst stage are transferred to same or another woman’s uterus
- Conventionally, 4- 8 cell stage embryos are transferred between 48-60 hours. The transfer procedure is carried out by use of a catheter.
- Hence, the correct option is (a).
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