Table 1.
Treatment duration time | No. reconstructed | replications | Rate. (%)≥2-cell embryos | Rate. (%)≥4-cell embryos | Rate. (%) blastocysts |
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0 h | 116 | 3 | 75 (64.7)a | 60 (51.7)b | 12 (10.3)a |
6–8 h | 124 | 4 | 77 (62.1)a | 65 (52.4)b | 19 (15.3)b |
14–16 h | 153 | 5 | 100 (65.3)a | 77 (50.3)b | 39 (25.5)c |
22–24 h | 133 | 3 | 84 (63.2)a | 66 (49.6)b | 23 (17.3)b |
Experiments were replicated three to five times. Data are presented as a synthesis of all experimental replicates; therefore, no error terms are associated with the data points (Isom et al., 2012). Different superscript letters in one line indicate significant differences at p<0.05.