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. 2023 Jul 20;18(7):e0279515. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279515

Table 1. Mouse embryo development by embryonic day, morphological stage and approximate cell number, based on Mihajlovic and Bruce, 2017 [19].

Embryonic Day Stage Cell Number
E0.5 Zygote 1
E1.5 2-cell stage 2
E2.0 4-cell stage 4
E2.5 8-cell stage 8
E3.0 Morula 16
E3.5 Early blastocyst 32
E4.0 Mid blastocyst 64
E4.5 Late blastocyst >100