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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Tomonori Akai, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Imai, Fukushima, JP;
Yoshio Aikawa, Fukushima, JP;
Masaki Ohtake, Fukushima, JP;
Satoshi Sugimura, Fukushima, JP;
Tomonori Akai, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Imai, Fukushima, JP;
Yoshio Aikawa, Fukushima, JP;
Masaki Ohtake, Fukushima, JP;
Satoshi Sugimura, Fukushima, JP;
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a means for efficiently obtaining mammalian embryos having high conception rates. A first aspect of the present invention is a method for selecting a mammalian embryo prepared by in vitro culture from a fertilized egg, comprising a step of selecting an embryo using two or more of the following indicators: the time from fertilization to the completion of first cleavage; the morphology at a stage after first cleavage and before second cleavage; the morphology at a stage after third cleavage and before fourth cleavage; and the amount of oxygen consumed at the early blastocyst stage, the blastocyst stage, or the expanded blastocyst stage.