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The mean maternal age was 36.4\u2009years (SD 4.1), ranging from 25 to 44\u2009years. These samples were processed on high-density SNP arrays. Chromosome level copy number and B allele frequency (BAF) plots from these embryos were used to determine segmental aneuploidy breakpoints. Known fragile sites catalogued by the HumCFS database were used for correlation analyses.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Overall, a side-by-side pairing of observed breakpoints and known fragile sites demonstrated a strong concordance (r\u2009=\u20090.81, 95% CI [0.6, 0.92]). A chi-square test for independence for stratified groups showed a highly significant correlation between all observed breakpoints and known fragile sites (597 expected vs. 848 observed; P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) and for telomeric breaks alone (521 expected vs. 784 observed; P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Observed interstitial breaks alone were not correlated to expected breakpoints (75 expected vs. 64 observed; P\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>These findings should be interpreted with caution, as limitations in genomic resolution may bias detection and classification of smaller segmental aneuploidies. Additionally, this study touched upon the distribution of meiotic to mitotic breakpoints in human blastocysts as they relate to known fragile sites. Since meiotic aneuploidies increase with advanced maternal age and many IVF patients undergoing PGT-A testing fall in this category, a sampling bias should be considered for this specific metric.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Demonstrating that segmental aneuploidies significantly correlate with known fragile sites highly susceptible to replication stress offers insight into the origin of subchromosomal imbalances and hints at the influence of stressors on reproductive success.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>STUDY FUNDING\/COMPETING INTEREST(S)<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study received no external funding and was fully supported by the participating authors and their affiliated institutions. 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