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zygotically

zygotically

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At the very first stage after an egg and sperm join
  • adverb
  • /zaɪˈɡoʊtɪkli/
  • Specialized
: zigóticamente
  • The cells divided zygotically during the early stages of development.

Examples

  • Researchers observed that the gene activates zygotically rather than maternally.

  • The mutation is expressed zygotically, affecting the earliest stages of growth.

  • Some genetic traits are determined zygotically before the embryo begins to develop.

  • Organisms develop zygotically before differentiating into specialized cells.

  • During fertilization, the embryo develops zygotically before proceeding to the next stages of cell division.

  • Research has shown that many traits are established zygotically in the early stages of development.

  • The experiments focused on how genes are activated zygotically to influence early embryonic development.

Surface Forms

zygotically positive

Morphology

zygotically = zygotic (transparent) = zygote + ic + ally

Formed from the adjective 'zygotic' with the regular adverbial suffix '-ally', producing the compositional meaning 'in a manner relating to the zygote stage'.

Etymology

Zygotically comes from the word zygote, which is from the Greek zygon meaning 'yoke' or 'join'. So, something that happens zygotically happens at the first stage when two cells are 'joined', which is why the word refers to the very early stage of development.