In fact, the genes of the new zygote are not activated to produce proteins until several cell divisions into cleavage. During cleavage the relatively enormous zygote directly subdivides into many smaller cells of conventional size through the process of mitosis (ordinary cell proliferation by division).
Metabolic syndrome is a group of five risk factors that can increase your chance of developing heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. The five risk factors include: increased blood pressure (greater than 130/85)
metabolic. pertaining to or of the nature of metabolism. metabolic disease a disease caused by some defect in the chemical reactions of the cells of the body.metabolic syndrome a combination including at least three of the following: abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low level of high-density lipoproteins, hypertension, and high fasting plasma glucose level.ee metabolic diseases. molecular disease. any disease in which the pathogenesis can be traced to a single, precise chemical alteration, usually of a protein, which is either abnormal in structure or present in reduced amounts. The corresponding defect in the DNA coding for the protein may also be known.