Fig 4. Classification of Near and Far groups.
The ICM center (*) was identified and blastocysts were divided into two halves as demarcated in the figure, with the hatching site set as a vertex. Embryos with the hatching sites on the nearer side and the farther side from the ICM center were sorted into the “Near group” and “Far group,” respectively. The embryo shown in this figure was sorted into the Far group.