Table 8.
Mitochondrial distribution visualized by MitoTracker labeling
| Embryo 1 | Embryo 2 | Embryo 3 | Embryo 4 | Embryo 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Cell stage | |||||||||
| WM+ | |||||||||
| Parthenogenetic | Perinuclear, punctuate across ooplasm | Perinuclear, punctuate across ooplasm | Diffuse | Diffuse | Diffuse | ||||
| Cloned | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear, diffuse ooplasmic | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | ||||
| IVF | Cortical | Cortical | Cortical | Cortical | Cortical | ||||
| WM− | |||||||||
| Parthenogenetic | Perinuclear | Diffuse | Perinuclear/start to diffuse | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | ||||
| Cloned | Perinuclear, strong across cytoplasm | Perinuclear, strong across cytoplasm | Strong across cytoplasm | Strong across cytoplasm | Perinuclear, across cytoplasm | ||||
| IVF | Cortical | Cortical | Cortical, perinuclear | Cortical, perinuclear | Cortical, perinuclear | ||||
| 2-Cell stage | |||||||||
| WM+ | |||||||||
| Parthenogenetic | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | ||||
| Cloned | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | ||||
| IVF | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | ||||
| WM− | |||||||||
| Parthenogenetic | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | ||||
| Cloned | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | Perinuclear | ||||
| IVF | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | Perinuclear, cortical | ||||
IVF, in vitro fertilized.