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A change in the amount of yolk and its distribution in the egg will affect.

(a) formation of zygote

(b) pattern of cleavage

(c) number of blastomeres produced

(d) fertilisation

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Correct option (b) pattern of cleavage

Explanation

Patterns of cleavage are based on amount of yolk and its distribution in the eggs. Any change in amount and distribution of yolk directly affects the pattern of cleavage.

As holoblastic cleavage is found in microlecithal, mesolecithal or telolecithal type of eaggs. Meroblastic cleavage is found in macrolecithal and highly telolecithal eggs of reptiles, birds and monotreme mammals.

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