Basic genetics and cytogenetics : a brief reminder / Karen Sermon -- How to analyse a single blastomere? Application of whole-genome technologies : micro-arrays and next generation sequencing / Parveen Kumar, Masoud Zamani Esteki, Niels Van der Aa, and Thierry Voet -- Meiosis : how to get a good start in life / Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter -- Chromosomes in early human embryo development : incidence of chromosomal abnormalities, underlying mechanisms and consequences for development / E.B. Baart and D. Van Opstal -- DNA is not the whole story : transgenerational epigenesis and imprinting / Ashwini Balakrishnan and J. Richard Chaillet -- Genes are not the whole story : retrotransposons as new determinants of male fertility / Patricia Fauque and Deborah Bourc'his -- Chromosomal causes of infertility : the story continues / Svetlana A. Yatsenko and Aleksandar Rajkovic -- Genes and infertility / Inge Liebaers, Elias Ellnati, Willy Lissens, and Stéphane Viville -- Genetic counselling & gamete donation in assisted reproductive treatment / Alison Lashwood and Alison Bagshawe -- Genetic testing for infertile patients / Willem Verpoest -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis / Jan Traeger-Synodinos and Catherine Staessen -- Epigenetics and art / Esther Baart, Diane Van Opstal and Aafke van Montfoort -- Ethical considerations in human reproductive genetics / Guido de Wert and Wybo Dondorp