Summary: The Beginning From Conception To Birth

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Chapter 2: The Beginning From Conception to Birth, first talks about how our life begins. Every human being starts with a single cell called zygote. (Berger, pg48). All living things consists of cells that has molecules of DNA. DNA molecules are called chromosomes. Then, this chromosomes contain genes. Each one of us has 46 chromosomes that are arranged into 23 pairs. Except for our reproductive cell called gamete. There are two different types of gametes, for a man it is called sperm and for a woman it is called ovum (Berger pg48). The 23rd pair determines the gender of the baby. For a baby boy, his 23rd pair have to be XY and for a baby girl, her 23rd pair is going to be XX (Berger pg51).
Germinal period (14 days)- the zygote starts to

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