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❍ What are the most common aneuploidies in newborns?
Trisomy 21.
Sex chromosome aneuploidies.
Trisomy 18.
Trisomy 13.
❍ Can ART or PGD be used for sex selection?
Yes. For example, if a woman is a carrier of a sex-linked disease such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, PGD may
be performed using FISH to identify the sex of the embryos with the goal of transferring only female embryos.