Sex Selection

Sex Selection With IVF and PGT

Sex selection offers patients the option of preferentially transferring embryos of one sex. Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) provides the opportunity to biopsy embryos to determine the sex of the baby before implanting into the uterus.

Normally, there are 23 pairs of chromosomes in human cells, for a total of 46 chromosomes. Each of these chromosomes has a characteristic appearance and is assigned a number or letter. Twenty-three chromosomes come from the egg, and 23 chromosomes come from the sperm.

• Two of the 46 total chromosomes are the X and the Y chromosomes, sometimes referred to as the "sex chromosomes"

• Embryos with two X chromosomes are typically genotypic females

• Embryos with an X and a Y chromosome are typically genotypic males

• However, there are numerous genes also involved in genetic determination which are located directly on the X and Y chromosome. PGT selects for the chromosomal sex but does not test for any genetic alterations in the usual X and Y chromosomes.

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