aneuploidy
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Human embryos experience unusually high rates of chromosome gain and loss, known as aneuploidy, in early development.
From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023
When random mistakes occur during chromosome replication, fertilized eggs can inherit cells with these errors and result in a condition called aneuploidy, which essentially means "the wrong number of chromosomes."
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2022
Dr. Natalie Crawford: IVF has allowed us to do genetic testing for aneuploidy, which is the top reason why it’s harder to get pregnant after age 35.
From Slate • May 12, 2022
For women older than 35, there’s roughly a 50% incidence of aneuploidy in embryos produced during IVF that increases with age.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2022
As developmental arrest at the onset of EGA at the eight-cell stage correlates strongly with aneuploidy in IVF embryos25, we also sought to determine embryo karyotypes.
From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017
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