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Q.Test tube baby technique is called _______.

(a) In-vitro fertilization
(b) In-situ fertilization
(c) In-vivo fertilization
(d) Artificial insemination
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(a) In-vitro fertilization.

'Test tube baby' is the popular name for in-vitro fertilization, where fertilisation occurs outside the body in a laboratory dish.

In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is an assisted-reproductive technique in which an egg (ovum) retrieved from the ovary is fertilised by sperm in a laboratory culture dish ('in vitro' meaning 'in glass', outside the living body), and the resulting early embryo is then transferred into the mother's (or a surrogate's) uterus to continue development. Because fertilisation traditionally took place in a glass test tube/dish rather than inside the body, babies born this way came to be popularly called 'test tube babies'. In-situ and in-vivo fertilization both refer to fertilisation o …

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