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)
IDF Worldwide Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome. The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of the most dangerous heart attack risk factors: diabetes and prediabetes, abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. A quarter of the worldâs adults have metabolic syndrome. 2  People with metabolic syndrome are twice as likely to die from, and three times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with people without the syndrome. 3  People with metabolic syndrome have a five-fold greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.