MadSci Network: Genetics |
LB, The technique of ZP replacement is quite tricky and requires a technician with very good micromanipulation skills. Once done, if the embryo’s blastomeres have not been damaged, no untoward genetic consequences would accrue to the child that were not part of his or her genetic makeup to begin with. No genetic information resides in the ZP so it doesn’t matter who’s ZP is used as long as it is reproductively competent and the transfer technique is performed successfully.
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