Table 5. Development of cloned embryos treated with 5-aza-dC for different time durations.
Time (h) | No. embryos fused (Rep.) |
No. embryos cleaved (% ± SEM) |
No. blastocysts (% ± SEM) |
Total cell numbers of blastocysts (mean ± SEM) & |
0 | 196 (4) | 173 (89.31 ± 1.33) | 40 (20.16 ± 2.04)a | 38 ± 2 (n=39) |
24 | 178 (4) | 161 (90.53 ± 1.53) | 52 (29.64 ± 1.65)b | 40 ± 3 (n=49) |
48 | 168 (4) | 144 (85.85 ± 2.25) | 41 (24.37 ± 2.26)ab | 35 ± 2 (n=38) |
& Blastocyst cell numbers of less than 16 were not included. a, b Values in the same column with different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05).