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What is the cell division that occurs in the earliest stages of zygote development called?.

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blastomere - 2 celled stage

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After fertilization, the development of a multicellular organism proceeds by a process called cleavage, a series of mitotic divisions whereby the enormous volume of egg cytoplasm is divided into numerous smaller, nucleated cells. These cleavage-stage cells are called blastomeres.

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