Table II.
Characteristics of rhesus macaque oocytes retrieved from antral follicles at Week 13 for primary and Week 5 for secondary follicle culture (34 h after addition of hCG)
| Follicle culture |
N |
Diameter (µm)* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follicles harvested | Oocytes retrieved | Degenerated oocytes | Healthy oocytes |
GV intact oocytes | MII oocytes | ||
| GV intact | MII stage | ||||||
| Primary follicle | |||||||
| Alginate | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 113 ± 1a | – |
| FIBRIN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 106 ± 2a | 108 |
| Secondary follicle | |||||||
| Alginate | 15 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 102 ± 6a | 118 |
| FIBRIN | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 81 ± 7b | – |
MII, metaphase II; GV, germinal vesicle.
*Values are mean ± SEM of individual oocyte diameters.
a,bDifferent letters indicate significant differences within the column (P < 0.05).