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The potentiality of the zygote consists in
{ 1 } - an active potentiality for self-development and self-reproduction.
{ 2 } - a mock-up of the many-celled adult.
{ 3 } - a blueprint of the adult.
{ 4 } - simply a passive potentiality since it is matter which can later be formed into a human being.
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The potentiality of the zygote consists in
{ 1 } - an active potentiality for self-development and self-reproduction.
{ 2 } - a mock-up of the many-celled adult.
{ 3 } - a blueprint of the adult.
{ 4 } - simply a passive potentiality since it is matter which can later be formed into a human being.
This is based on the minimal actual structure of the zygote and resides principally in the chromosomes of its nucleus containing the information necessary to produce the maximally differentiated adult structure. See p. 232.
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The potentiality of the zygote consists in
{ 1 } - an active potentiality for self-development and self-reproduction.
{ 2 } - a mock-up of the many-celled adult.
{ 3 } - a blueprint of the adult.
{ 4 } - simply a passive potentiality since it is matter which can later be formed into a human being.
The zygote is not a "mock-up" or a miniature adult since it does not have the functioning organs of the mature adult, though it does have the genetic structure which will develop it into an adult. See p. 232.
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The potentiality of the zygote consists in
{ 1 } - an active potentiality for self-development and self-reproduction.
{ 2 } - a mock-up of the many-celled adult.
{ 3 } - a blueprint of the adult.
{ 4 } - simply a passive potentiality since it is matter which can later be formed into a human being.
The zygote is more than a blueprint; it is a living human being. See p. 232.
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The potentiality of the zygote consists in
{ 1 } - an active potentiality for self-development and self-reproduction.
{ 2 } - a mock-up of the many-celled adult.
{ 3 } - a blueprint of the adult.
{ 4 } - simply a passive potentiality since it is matter which can later be formed into a human being.
The zygote is not simply unformed matter, but has the full genetic structure of the human being.
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