Concerning Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Which, If Any, of the Following

question 9

Essay

Concerning preimplantation genetic diagnosis, which, if any, of the following statements is incorrect?
a) It is carried out within the context of assisted reproduction.
b) The analyses always involve genotyping just a single cell and so are technically difficult.
c) Sometime a single blastomere is analysed from the embryo.
d) Sometimes a polar body is analysed to infer the genotype of the embryo.

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