PREGNANCY OUTCOME OF TRANSFERRED EMBRYOS WITH MOSAICISM AND SEGMENTAL VARIATIONS

Mosaic embryos are characterized by the presence of chromosomally different cell lines within the same embryo. Typically, mosaic embryos were not transferred in IVF treatments because, similar to aneuploidy embryos, they were considered abnormal. However, in a recent study we have demonstrated that euploid/diploid mosaic embryos hold the potential to implant and result in the birth of healthy babies. As a consequence, the transfer of these...