The ethics of creating children with three genetic parents

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 531-534

  Baylis, Françoise ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

assisted human reproduction; egg donation; ethics; genetics; mitochondrial disease; mitochondrial replacement technology

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOPTION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA MODIFICATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84878544257     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.03.006     Document Type: Note

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