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. 2012 Aug 21;7(8):e43748. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043748

Figure 8. Effects of Oct4-targeting morpholinos on early development.

Figure 8

(A) Blastocyst development following electroporation of zygotes with customized Oct4 morpholinos at different concentrations and cultured for 3.5 d. (B) Blastocyst development following electroporation of zygotes with different morpholinos with a concentration of 0.4 mM. (C) Morphological appearance of electroporated zygotes obtained from the control and Oct4-MOs groups after being cultured for 3.5 d. The original magnification was ×100. (D) Nuclear Oct4 expression is absent in Oct4-MOs electroporated embryos but present in embryos obtained from the control groups. Each sample was counterstained with Hoechst 33342 to visualize DNA (blue). The original magnification was ×200.