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                  The structure resulting from an egg and a sperm combining to-
             gether is given the name zygote and consists of a single cell. The first
             zygote has to multiply in order to assume human size and shape. The
             cell begins dividing as if following a computer program, with a high
             level of intention and purpose. In the zygote, the DNA replicates itself.
             Once the amount of DNA in the cell has been doubled, the cell imme-
             diately begins dividing. One of these doubled DNA strands goes to one
             cell, while the other is forwarded to the second. Now that the cell has
             been divided into two, division continues until a baby is fully formed
             inside the mother's body.
                  This process is repeated so many times that the cells must divide
             trillions of times before assuming the form of an embryo. Development
             of the complete embryo takes place in a coordinated manner by way of
             the messages that one cell receives from and sends to other cells. The
                                         way cells can work in harmony with one
                                               another arises from a continuous
                                                  molecular dialogue among
                                                     them, in the light of genetic
                                                      instructions that form
                                                        within the baby's genetic
                                                        program from the first
                                                        day that the germ cells
                                                        from the parents come
                                                        together.
                                                       The egg cell is just 150 microns in
                                                     size. (One micron is one thousandth
                                                      of a millimeter.) (Left:) The cell that
                                                 emerges from the combination of the egg
                                               and the sperm must divide and multiply mil-
                                              lions of times in order to assume a human ap-
                                                                          pearance.
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