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Nature Medicine 15, 490 - 491 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nm0509-490

Chaos in the embryo

David H Ledbetter1

  1. David H. Ledbetter is at the Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
    e-mail: david.ledbetter@emory.edu


The chromosomes of human embryos seem to be more unstable than previously thought. An analysis of embryos derived from in vitro fertilization reveals high rates of structural abnormalities (pages 577–583).

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