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. 2014 Jan 11;31(3):295–306. doi: 10.1007/s10815-013-0152-5

Table 5.

Effect of graded doses of GDF9 and BMP15 during IVM on subsequent embryo development

Treatment GDF9 + BMP15 (ng/ml) Number of oocytes Cleavagea Blastocyst on day 6b Hatching blastocyst on day 6c ICMd TEd TCNd
Control 0 + 0 78 92.0 ± 1.3 85.4 ± 5.7 84.2 ± 6.9 12.9 ± 0.8 42.8 ± 1.7 55.7 ± 1.9
BMP15 + GDF9 50 + 50 88 91.5 ± 2.7 82.6 ± 9.5 80.5 ± 11.5 12.7 ± 0.7 43.5 ± 2.6 56.2 ± 2.9
BMP15 + GDF9 100 + 100 86 93.2 ± 0.4 78.6 ± 10.8 75.2 ± 11.3 12.9 ± 1.0 37.9 ± 2.1 50.8 ± 2.1
BMP15 + GDF9 200 + 200 85 89.7 ± 5.2 72.3 ± 7.1 67.0 ± 7.6 11.8 ± 1.0 45.5 ± 2.1 57.3 ± 2.7

Data are presented as means ± SEM of three replicate experiments. Each replicate experiment consisted of 12–40 oocytes

aPercentage of cleaved embryos per total oocytes

bPercentage of blastocysts generated 100–125 h post-fertilization per cleaved embryo

cPercentage of hatching blastocysts generated 100–125 h post fertilization per cleaved embryo

dNumber of blastocysts staining in each treatment group 14–19