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  Choose the correct statement regarding the ZIFT procedure. (a) Ova collected from a female donor are transferred to the Fallopian tube to facilitate zygote formation. (b) Zygote is collected from a female donor and transferred to the Fallopian tube (c) Zygote is collected from a female donor and transferred to the uterus (d) Ova collected from a female donor and transferred to the uterus

Answer:

                  (b)The zygote or early embryo with upto 8blastomeres is collected from a female donor and transferred into the Fallopian tube, this process is called Zygote Intra Fallopian Transfer or ZIFT. Embryo more than 8 blastomeres is transferred into the uterus by the process called Intra Uterine Transfer or IUT. When ovum is collected from donar and transferred to Fallopian tube of other female whocannot produce ovum- this is known as Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer (GIFT)