Table 1. Atypical features that can be identified with time-lapse monitoring incubator.
Feature Description Study/Reference
-Pronuclei (PN) formation
-Singamy
Wrong PN movement in the cytoplasm Coticchio et al., 2018
Azzarello et al., 2012
-Appearance of two PN
-Pronuclei reappearance
-Asynchronous appearance and
disappearance of PN
-Pronuclei fading and reappearance
Coticchio et al., 2018
-Pronuclei size Difference in pronuclear areas
before pronuclear fading
Otsuki et al., 2017
-PN fragmentation
-PN fusion
-Formation of micronuclei
-A pronucleus formed by the fusion of two preexisting pronuclei
Mio & Maeda, 2008
Coticchio et al., 2018
- Unipolar cleavage furrow
-Tripolar cleavage furrow
-Pseudofurrows
-Appearance of cleavage furrow on one site of the zygote
-Appearance of three cleavage furrows
-Zygote presenting oolemma ruffling before cytokinesis
Wong et al., 2010
Athayde Wirka et al., 2014
-Absent cleavage
-Reverse cleavage
-Arrest at zygote stage
-Fusion of two cells into one blastomere
Barrie et al., 2017
Desai et al., 2014
Direct cleavage Cleavage of zygote to three cells or one blastomere divides to three cells Athayde Wirka et al., 2014
Barrie et al., 2017
Meseguer et al., 2011
Blastomere movement Blastomere and cytoplasm movement before division Ezoe et al., 2019
Multinucleation Blastomere with more than one nucleus Desai et al., 2014
Hashimoto et al., 2016
Internalization of cellular fragments Fragments reabsorbed into one blastomere Mio & Maeda, 2008
Irregular chaotic division Disordered cleavage behaviour with uneven cleavages and fragmentation Athayde Wirka et al., 2014
Barrie et al., 2017
Meseguer et al., 2011
Early compaction Formation of tight junctions between blastomeres in day 3 embryos Iwata et al., 2014
Cell exclusion Exclusion of one or more blastomeres from the morula formation Coticchio et al., 2019)
Spontaneous Blastocyst collapse Collapse of blastocyst with complete disappearance of blastocoel cavity Marcos et al., 2015
Sciorio et al., 2020a
Sciorio et al., 2020b
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