Maternal age and genome-wide failure of meiotic recombination are associated with triploid conceptions in humans
Ludovica Picchetta, Christian Simon Ottolini, Xin Tao, Yiping Zhan, Vaidehi Jobanputra, Carlos Marin Vallejo, Francesca Mulas, Elvezia Maria Paraboschi, Maria José Escribá Pérez, Thomas A. Molinaro, Christine V. Whitehead, Pavan P. Gill, Emily L. Mounts, D Babariya, Laura Francesca Rienzi, , Antonio Capalbo
The paper investigates the association between maternal age and meiotic recombination failure with triploid/haploid conceptions in humans, identifying a maternal age effect and new types of genome-wide maternal isodiploidy.
The American Journal of Human Genetics · Oct 15, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics