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Body
The main part of a document or advertisement. The body provides the most detailed information compared to other parts of a document. Especially in marketing, it is intended to elicit the desired response from the reader.


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Of the 120 total eggs counted in control treatments, none of the eggs without incorporated sperm formed polar bodies because of spontaneous egg activation.
The chromosomes of polar bodies provide an indication of whether the corresponding egg is normal or abnormal; if the polar bodies have the wrong number of chromosomes, so does the egg.
Cleavage began after discharge of the polar bodies, the first and second one being along the vertical axis of the egg (stages 4&5) and the third in the horizontal plane just above the axis (Fig.
 
 
 
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