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Table 1.

The effect of volume of culture medium on mouse embryonic development (6 replicates)*

Volume of culture medium drop (μl)	No. of embryos cultured in each drop	Total No. of embryos cultured	No. of blastocysts developed (%)	No. of blastocysts hatching and hatched (%)
6.25	9	72	51 (70.8)^a	30 (58.9)^a
12.50	9	72	50 (69.4)^a	32 (64.0)^a
25.00	9	72	54 (75.0)^ab	38 (70.4)^a
50.00	9	72	61 (84.7)^b	53 (86.9)^b

*Different superscripts in each column indicate significant differences (P < 0.05)