Question

In vitro fertilisation or test tube babies technique involves ______.

Options

• fertilisation outside the female body

• development of foetus in the test tube

• both (i) and (ii)

• none of the above

Answer 1

In vitro fertilisation or test tube babies technique involves fertilisation outside the female body.

Explanation:

In IVF, the ovum is fertilised with sperm outside the body, usually in a laboratory. The embryo is later transferred to the female reproductive tract; the foetus does not develop in a test tube.