In contrast to human embryos, there are very few studies published on the frequency of chromosomal aneuploidy in farm animals. The objectives of this study were to apply a three-color fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) method for evaluating aneuploidy in porcine embryos using chromosome-specific DNA probes, establish baseline frequencies of aneuploidy in embryos and compare the results with our previous findings of aneuploidy in spermatozoa and oocytes. The embryos were collected from superovulated gilts, which were slaughtered 48 It after insemination. FISH was performed using probes specific for the centromeric regions of porcine chromosomes 1, 10 and Y. Altogether 403 blastomeres from 114 porcine embryos were successfully investigated. Diploidy was observed in 101 (88.6%) embryos, triploidy in 2 (1.8%) embryos, mosaicism/mixoploidy in 9 (7.9%) embryos, and trisomy for chromosomes 1 or 10 in 2 (1.8%) embryos. No blastomere showed aneuploidy for chromosome Y. These findings correspond with the frequencies of aneuploidy we have found previously in porcine germ cells. Copyright (C) 2003 S. KargerAG, Basel
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