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. 2009 Jan 8;4(1):e4142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004142

Table 1. Development of embryos cloned from cells of three different Yasufuku cell lines.

Cell line No. of experiments No. of SCNT embryos No. (%) of embryos fused* No. of embryos cultured No. (%) of blastocysts No. of embryos transferred No. (%) of pregnancies No. of live offspring
A 1 64 32 (50) 21 9 (43) 6 3 (50)a 2
B 1 62 21 (34) 21 7 (33) 4 0 (0) -
D 6 289 242 (84) 162 27 (17) 6 2 (33)b 2
Subtotal - 415 295 (71) 204 43 (21) 16 5 (31) 4
Control 6 289 226 (78) 106 41 (39) - - -
*

Fusion was examined one hour after electrofusion of couplets of cells and enucleated oocytes. Percentage of the number of the couplets.

Blastocyst development was examined 168 h after nuclear transfer. Percentage of the number of cultured embryos.

Single blastocysts were transferred into single synchronized recipients. Several blastocysts were stored in liquid nitrogen by a vitrification technique. Ten vitrified and warmed embryos were transferred to recipients.

Pregnancy was examined by ultrasonography at 33 days after embryo transfer. Percentage of the number of transferred recipients.

a

One recipient delivered a healthy male calf on 30 November 2007. One delivered a mummified fetus on 27 August 2007. One recipient that received a vitrified embryo delivered a healthy male calf on 5 March 2008 but the calf died two days after birth.

b

Two recipients, which received vitrified embryos delivered two healthy male calves on 22 and 31 July 2008.