| 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 |
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| -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 |