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Chromosome instability is common in human cleavage-stage embryos.
Nature medicine - 1 May 2009
Vanneste Evelyne, Voet Thierry, Le Caignec Cédric, Ampe Michèle, Konings Peter, Melotte Cindy, Debrock Sophie, Amyere Mustapha, Vikkula Miikka, Schuit Frans, Fryns Jean-Pierre, Verbeke Geert, D'Hooghe Thomas, Moreau Yves, Vermeesch Joris R
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome instability is a hallmark of tumorigenesis. This study establishes that chromosome instability is also common during early human embryogenesis. A new array-based method allowed screening of genome-wide copy number and loss of heterozygosity in single cells. This revealed not only mosaicism for whole-chromosome aneuploidies and uniparental disomies in most cleavage-stage embryos but also frequent...
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