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Parental age-related aneuploidy in human germ cells and offspring: A story of past and present
1 Jan 1996
Abstract excerpt
Parental age is the most important aetiological factor in trisomy formation in humans. Cytogenetic studies on germ cells reviewed here imply that (i) 2-4% sperm are aneuploid and 8.6% oocytes from IVF are hyperploid (ii) a paternal age effect may exist, and (iii) oocytes of aged women contain precociously separated chromatids in metaphase II. Trisomy data suggest that most aneuploidy is generated during meiosis I...
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