“The zygote is the starting cell of the new individual.”
Salvadore E. Luria, M.D. 36 Lectures in Biology. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press, 1975, page 146
A zygote is a newly conceived life, created when a sperm and an egg cell unite at conception. The term applies to the new human being before cell division begins.This doctor is explaining that life begins at conception, when the zygote is formed.
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