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#Question id: 7258


A four-cell embryo normally develops into a blastocyst consisting of trophectoderm (TE) cells on the outside and inner cell mass (ICM) cells inside. The transplantation experiments were done with mouse embryos.

A. If a labeled cell is placed on the outside of a very early embryo, it is likely to form extraembryonic tissues.

B. If a labeled cell is placed on the inside of a very early embryo, it is likely to form embryonic tissues.

According to above observations which of the following statement is true?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. The fate of a cell in the early embryo—TE or ICM—is determined by the cell’s position and shows regulative development.
  2. The fate of a cell in the early embryo—TE or ICM—is determined by the cell’s position and shows mosaic development.
  3. The fate of a cell in the early embryo—TE or ICM—is determined in the position independent manner and shows mosaic development.
  4. The fate of a cell in the early embryo—TE or ICM—is determined in the position independent manner and shows regulative development.