No evidence for paternal mtDNA transmission to offspring or extra-embryonic tissues after ICSI

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There is a risk that ICSI may increase the transmission of mtDNA diseases to children born after this technique. Knowledge of the fate and transmission of paternal mitochondrial DNA is important since mutations in mitochondrial DNA have been described in oligozoospermic males. We have used an adaptation of solid phase mini-sequencing to exclude the presence of levels of paternal mtDNA >0.001% in ICSI families....

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