Consequences of aneuploid embryos

Fertilization is the union of the egg and sperm to give rise to an embryo. If the sperm and/or the egg have any genetic alteration in their material, the resulting embryo would not be viable.

Aneuploid or genetically altered embryos can cause:

• Implantation failures.
• Spontaneous miscarriages.
• Birth of a baby with some pathology.

The most frequent cause of genetically altered embryos is usually advanced maternal age. As time goes by, the quantity of the woman's eggs decreases, but so does their quality.