Aneuploidy in the human blastocyst

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 149-159

  Fragouli, E ^a   Wells, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Blastocyst; Chromosome; Comparative genomic hybridization; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Microarrays; Mosaicism

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOSAICISM;

EID: 79954627721     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323500     Document Type: Article

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