title: Detection of embryo sex chromosome by dual color fluorescent in-situ hybridization.
abstract: In order to evaluate the effects of sex chromosomal mosaicism on the accuracy of single-cell gender diagnosis, sex chromosomes of 21 normal fertilized embryos were detected by dual color fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH). The results showed that 4 embryos had sex chromosomal mosaicism (19%) and the remaining 17 showed uniformly XX or XY signals in all blastomeres. In conclusion, identification of sex by dual color FISH analysis of a single cell was accurate and efficient, and sex chromosomal mosaicism would not affect preimplantation gender diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guijin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D001755:Blastocyst; D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X / Q000235:genetics; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y / Q000235:genetics; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D009030:Mosaicism / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D019836:Preimplantation Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000196:embryology*; D025064:Sex Chromosome Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019849:Sex Determination Processes