"Embryo Cleavage" ed. by Bin Wu

This book updates some new technologies and methods on the study of cleavage embryos to select high-quality embryos for transfer and improve embryo implantation and pregnancy. This book will greatly add new information for embryologists to select good-quality embryos for transfer to improve human embryo transfer pregnancy rate.

Embryo cleavage experiences a series of critical events and remarkable epigenetic modifications, especially morphological change and gene expression. The development of current assisted reproductive technology has created some new observations and novel discoveries in cleavage embryos.

Major contents include embryo cleavage morphokinetics based on time-lapse imaging, gene expression of cleavage embryo and noninvasive assessment, and improving embryo cleavage technology.

Contents
1 Introductory Chapter: New Technologies for the Study of Embryo Cleavage
2 Timing of Embryo Cleavage
3 Embryo Morphokinetics Based on Time-Lapse Observation
4 Methods for Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Embryo Cleavage In Vitro
5 Control of Embryonic Gene Expression and Epigenetics
6 Non‐Invasive Assessment of the Embryo Viability via the Analysis of the Culture Media
7 Improving ART Pregnancy Rate with Two Kinds of Media and Two Types of Incubators