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ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics1999

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis using fluorescent polymerase chain reaction: results and future developments.

I Findlay, P Matthews, P Quirke

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Article in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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I FindlayInstitute of Pathology, Algernon Firth Building, Leeds University, UK.
P Matthews
P Quirke

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Abstract

purposeFluorescent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a multipurpose technique that can be used for diagnosing sex, single-gene defects, and trisomies as well as determining DNA fingerprints from single cells. However, its effectiveness must be assessed before clinical preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) application.

methodsSingle and multiplex fluorescent PCR was applied to single cells and blastomeres.

resultsFluorescent PCR can be used to diagnose sex from blastomeres and has been successfully applied in a clinical PGD sexing program resulting in a confirmed pregnancy. A further major advantage of fluorescent PCR is the ability to multiplex, providing multiple diagnoses and DNA fingerprints with a high reliability (approximately 75% for trisomy, 86% for DNA fingerprint) and good accuracy (70-80%). Allele dropout in multiplex PCR is approximately 20% per allele and does not appear to be associated with the fragment size.

conclusionsFluorescent PCR is a powerful technique for PGD, and the effects of allele dropout must be considered, particularly in multiplex PCR.

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Preimplantation DiagnosisBlastomeresDNA FingerprintingFemaleHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionPregnancyReproducibility of ResultsSex Determination Processes

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PMID10224563
PMCPMC3455763

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