FIG. 1.
Photographs of numerous platforms used for rodent, domestic animal, nonhuman primate, and human gamete and embryo culture. A) Test tubes. B) Center-well organ culture dish. C) Four-well Nunc culture dish. D) Embryo GPS culture dish. E) Embryo corral culture dish. All of these culture platforms are composed of plastic, many times polystyrene, and provide the ability to retain, confine, and visualize gametes and embryos. Photographs of GPS and embryo corral culture dishes kindly provided by Dr. Donald Rieger and IVFonline, LLC.