Table 5.

Comparison of morphological survival and functional survival of oocytes and 8-cell embryos as a function of the dilution of EAFS and the cooling rate. The warming rate was 117,500°C/min.

Concn. EAFS	Cooling rate (°C/min)	% Morphol. Surv. Oocytea	% Morphol. Surv. 8-cellb	% Morphol. Surv. Developing to 2-cella	% Morphol. Surv. Developing to blasto.b
1×	69,000	92	92	88	100
	880	82	89	63	92
	95	77	64	39	75
0.75×	69,000	97	100	78	92
	880	97	100	67	97
	95	83	88	52	73
0.5×	69,000	90	86	71	97
	880	88	92	97	86
	95	87	100	59	92

^aData from Seki and Mazur [20]

^bData from Table 4 of the present paper.

Column 5 applies to the oocytes; Column 6 applies to the 8-cell embryos.