Figure 3.

Gene expression of day 8 bovine blastocysts. Quantification of CD9, AKR1B1, PGSH2, TXN and PLAU genes in day 8 blastocysts developed from controlOPU (IVP with single cow presumed zygotes), agarOPU (IVP of single cow presumed zygotes with agar embedded slaughterhouse presumed zygotes) and sIVP (in vitro embryo production from slaughterhouse presumed zygotes) culture systems. In the agarOPU culture, only blastocysts developed from OPU presumed zygotes were used for gene expression analysis. Bars labeled with different letters differed significantly from each other.