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. 2008 Dec 1;6:58. doi: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-58

Table 1.

Rates of pronuclei formation and development to morula and blastocysts of IVM, MII and aged oocytes following IVF.

IVM Ovulated 13 hr Aged
No. oocytes inseminated 115 151 173
No. oocytes with 2 PN/inseminated 94 (82%)a, b 142 (94%)a 169 (98%)b
2 cell embryos/inseminated 89 (77%)c 135 (89%)c, a 129 (75%)a
4 cell embryos/inseminated 61 (53%)a 126 (83%)a, b 98 (57%)b
8 cell embryos/inseminated 55 (48%)a 119 (79%)a, b 83 (48%)b
No. blastocysts/inseminated 44 (38%)a 114 (75%)a, b 82 (47%)b

Similar letters indicate statistical differences between groups of the same developmental stage

a, bp < 0.001; cp < 0.01