The inclusion of blastomeres into the inner cell mass in early-stage human embryos depends on the sequence of cell cleavages during the fourth division

• Junko Otsuki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: otsuki.midori.junko@gmail.com

  Affiliations Assisted Reproductive Technology Center, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, Hanabusa Women’s Clinic, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8183-8651

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• Toshiroh Iwasaki,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Hanabusa Women’s Clinic, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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• Noritoshi Enatsu,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Hanabusa Women’s Clinic, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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• Yuya Katada,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Hanabusa Women’s Clinic, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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• Kohyu Furuhashi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Hanabusa Women’s Clinic, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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• Masahide Shiotani

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Hanabusa Women’s Clinic, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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