Influence of mosaicism on sexing of human preembryos detected by the polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 586-591

  Katagiri, Yukiko ^a   Katayama, Susumu ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

human preembryo; mosaicism; nested polymerase chain reaction; preimplantation diagnosis; sex determination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOSAICISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029799433     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02066613     Document Type: Article

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