The fertilized egg is totipotent, which means: it forms the membranes that surround and support the developing embryo. it can give rise to a complete organism. it can be removed and donated to a surrogate womb. it only contains genetic material from the female. the Y chromosome does not create interference to the expression of X-linked genes.

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Hugo Quinn

Biology

28 December, 17:58

The fertilized egg is totipotent, which means: it forms the membranes that surround and support the developing embryo. it can give rise to a complete organism. it can be removed and donated to a surrogate womb. it only contains genetic material from the female. the Y chromosome does not create interference to the expression of X-linked genes.

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Spencer Whitehead · Answer 1

It can give rise to a complete organism.

Explanation:

The zygote is the product of the sexual reproduction formed by the union of the sperm and ova. The zygote is the diploid in nature whereas the gametes are haploid in nature.

The fertilized egg has the ability to differentiate into the different cell type. The single cell can give rise to all the different organ of the body is known as totipotency. The fertilized egg has the ability to give rise to the whole organisms and shows totipotency.

Thus, the correct answer is option (2).