Current quantitative methodologies for preimplantation genetic testing frequently misclassify meiotic aneuploidies as mosaic
This study presents the first direct evidence that a third of embryos reported as mosaic (both low- and high-level mosaic) by NGS-based PGT-A contain meiotic errors, highlighting the potential misclassification of aneuploid embryos as mosaic by current NGS-based PGT-A methods that cannot accurately distinguishing between meiotic and mitotic errors. Single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping provides essential information for accurately determining the origin of chromosomal abnormalities and should be integrated with NGS-based copy number analysis to enhance diagnostic accuracy. Further studies are needed to refine mosaicism classification and to better understand its true implications in in vitro fertilization treatment.
Authors
- Helen M. K. O’Neill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9458-4494)
- Chloe He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2214-5134)
- Colin J. Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5814-5104)
- Teodora Popa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1836-9549)
- Evangelia Bakosi
- Christian S. Ottolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8200-378X)
- L. Xanthopoulou
Institutions
- Research Complex at Harwell (GB)
- London Women's Clinic (GB)
- Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (GB)
- Women’s Health Care (US)
- Genomics England (GB)
- Reproductive Genetics Institute (US)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Fertility and Sterility
- Published
- 2025-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2025.02.018
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 48.92