Tang, Lichun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-9705
Zeng, Yanting
Du, Hongzi
Gong, Mengmeng
Peng, Jin
Zhang, Buxi
Lei, Ming
Zhao, Fang
Wang, Weihua
Li, Xiaowei
Liu, Jianqiao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Beijing Municipal Committee on Science and Technology (Z141100000214015)
international collaboration grant from Chinese Minister of Science and Technology (2013DFB30210)
The National Basic Research Program, 973 Program (2013CB910300)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2013M532214)
Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (2014KZDXM047)
The innovation of science and technology commission of Guangzhou, China (No.201604020075)
The Department of Science and technology of Guangdong, China (No.2016A020218012)
Article History
Received: 8 July 2016
Accepted: 10 February 2017
First Online: 1 March 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was funded by a Grant from the Beijing Municipal Committee on Science and Technology (#Z141100000214015), by an international collaboration Grant from the Chinese Minister of Science and Technology (#2013DFB30210), by The National Basic Research Program (973 Program, No. 2013CB910300), by a Grant from the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (#2014KZDXM047), by The Innovation of Science and Technology Commission of Guangzhou, China (No. 201604020075), by The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong, China (No. 2016A020218012), and a Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (#2013M532214).
: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, numbered [2015] No. 068. The methods used in the present study closely followed the guidelines legislated and posted by the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China. The patients involved in this study knew about and understood the usage of tripronuclear zygotes, immature oocytes and leftover sperm, and voluntarily donated them after providing informed consent.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.