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Table 4.

Quality of blastocysts produced by vitrified oocytes from mice of different reproductive age

Mouse age (wks)	Oocytes with (+) or without (−) vitrification	No. of blastocysts examined	Total cell numbers in each blastocyst (mean±SD)	Ratio of ICM/TE (mean%±SD)
8–10	+	22	94.2 ± 41.3^a	17.3 ± 16.2^a
8–10	−	20	99.1 ± 44.2^a	22.6 ± 18.4^a
16–20	+	22	85.8 ± 46.0^a	20.9 ± 12.3^a
16–20	−	25	85.9 ± 38.8^a	23.9 ± 14.3^a
32–36	+	24	59.8 ± 29.3^b	8.7 ± 9.9^b
32–36	−	21	61.7 ± 37.2^b	22.8 ± 12.8^a
44–48	+	4	43.2 ± 37.3^c	9.1 ± 9.7^b
44–48	−	30	46.3 ± 17.6^c	24.2 ± 2.9^a

^a–cDifferent superscripts indicate significant difference within the same column (P < 0.05)