{"product_id":"embryo-gold-vermeil","title":"embryo necklace | gold vermeil","description":"\u003ch2\u003eEmbryo necklace | 18K gold vermeil\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the weeks after conception, a human embryo builds almost every structure the body will ever have. This embryo necklace in 18K gold vermeil is for the obstetrician, midwife or embryologist who works with that beginning every day, and for anyone marking one of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean obstetrician or midwife, for her birthday or when she qualifies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean embryologist or IVF lab scientist, as a thank-you from a grateful family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea developmental biologist, on the day she defends her PhD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esomeone who already wears the fetus or 4 cell embryo necklace in gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyourself, if gold is what you wear every day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eThe Tail That Comes and Goes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the fifth week of development, a human embryo has a tail. It holds about ten to twelve small vertebrae, more than the body will keep. Over the next few weeks the tail stops growing while the rest of the embryo keeps going, and several of its vertebrae fuse. By about the eighth week the tail is gone from the outside. What remains is the coccyx, the small tailbone at the base of the spine. Other vertebrate embryos, from fish to mice, pass through a similar tailed stage, which is one of the plainest signs of shared ancestry written into early development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eExplore Related Human Anatomy Jewelry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/embryo\"\u003eembryo necklace | silver\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/fetus-18k-gold-plated\"\u003efetus necklace | gold vermeil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/4-cell-embryo-18k-gold-plated\"\u003e4 cell embryo | gold vermeil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/blastocyst-necklace-gold-vermeil\"\u003eblastocyst necklace | gold vermeil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"product-faq\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eHow big is the pendant, and what chain comes with it?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pendant is 24 mm (about 0.9 inches), about the size of a US quarter and a little smaller than a 2-euro coin. It hangs from a single loop on a 45 cm (17.7 inch) gold vermeil chain with a lobster clasp and a 5 cm (2 inch) extender. 18K gold vermeil means 2.5 microns of 18K gold over solid sterling silver, nickel-free and hypoallergenic. To keep the gold bright, wipe it with a soft cloth and store it dry in its box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eIs there a silver version?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. The embryo necklace also comes in sterling silver, at the same 24 mm. Choose the finish she already wears: the design is the same in both. For a set across early development, the fetus, 4 cell embryo and blastocyst necklaces also come in gold vermeil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eIs delivery free, and what if it isn't right?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. DHL Express delivers free in 1-5 business days worldwide, and we pay the import duties and taxes, so nothing is due at the door. It arrives in a ready-to-gift jewelry box and festive envelope. If it isn't right, our 30-day “Love It or Return It” policy applies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eHow do scientists tell the age of an embryo?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy its shape rather than its size or the calendar. In the early 1900s the anatomist Franklin Mall built a collection of human embryos and argued that they should be sorted by the structures they had formed. In 1914 he became the first director of the Carnegie Institution's new Department of Embryology in Baltimore, and the collection grew there. His successors turned the approach into the Carnegie stages: 23 steps that cover the first eight weeks, each defined by what can be seen, such as the first limb buds or the closing of the neural tube. Embryologists still use them today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n","brand":"sciencejewelry1824","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56991693767042,"sku":"NK0408-GV","price":240.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1411\/4806\/files\/embryo-gold-vermeil.png?v=1792594320","url":"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/embryo-gold-vermeil","provider":"sciencejewelry1824","version":"1.0","type":"link"}