Michelle Emblenton, biochemist at inviTRA, talks about what is phenotypic and immunological matching with an egg donor:
The medical team when they are choosing the donor will look at phenotypic and immunological factors. Immunological factors are things such as blood group and the RH groups. Phenotypic refers to physical characteristics, so factors such as your skin tone, your hair color, your eye color, perhaps your height... this is done so that the children will resemble physically the recipient woman. The recipient won't be able to request certain characteristics, it is the clinic who are in charge of deciding who the donor is.
Read the full article on: How is an anonymous egg donor assigned to the recipient woman? ( 47).
Michelle Lorraine Embleton
B.Sc. Ph.D.
Biochemist
PhD in Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK, specialising in DNA : protein intereactions. BSc honours degree in Molecular Biology, Univerisity of Bristol. Translation and editing of scientific and medical literature.
