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===Meaning===
[[File:PregnancyDiagram.png|right|300px|thumb|A [[diagram]] showing the final stage of gestation just before the [[offspring]] is born.]]
[[Gestation]] is the period of time while [[offspring]] is are developing in the [[uterus]] of a [[mammal]].
===About Gestation===
: [[Gestation]] may be referred to as '''pregnancy'''.
: [[Gestation]] starts with [[conception]] and ends with [[birth]] of the [[offspring]].
The [[offspring]] goes through several stages of development:
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Once all the [[Cell (Biology)|cells]] have been given their specific jobs it is called a [[foetus]]. A this point the [[offspring]] is preparing to live outside the [[uterus]].
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==Beyond the Curriculum==
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfnq4Q4bfk}}
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Pregnancy, pages 107, 116, 121, 174-175, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120207/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120207&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=22455ff53961978667722edaa64c0be5 ''Pregnancy, page 146, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel '']