The first mitotic division of human embryos is highly error prone

oleh: Cerys E. Currie, Emma Ford, Lucy Benham Whyte, Deborah M. Taylor, Bettina P. Mihalas, Muriel Erent, Adele L. Marston, Geraldine M. Hartshorne, Andrew D. McAinsh

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01

Deskripsi

Human beings arise from serial mitotic divisions of a single fertilised egg. Here through live cell imaging of fertilized embryos the authors show that the first mitotic division is error prone and can contribute to preimplantation mosaicism.