Table 1. Development of cloned embryos treated with 5-aza-dC or TSA.
Groups | No. embryos (Rep.) |
No. embryos cleaved (% ± SEM) |
No. blastocysts (% ± SEM) |
Blastocyst cell numbers (mean ± SEM) & |
NT-CON | 242 (5) | 209 (85.79 ± 0.95)a | 50 (20.50 ± 0.70)a | 37 ± 3 (n=49) |
NT-AZA | 247 (5) | 223 (89.88 ± 1.14)b | 67 (27.30 ± 1.24)b | 37 ± 2 (n=55) |
NT-TSA | 238 (5) | 210 (88.82 ± 1.12)ab | 118 (50.71 ± 2.21)c | 38 ± 2 (n=76) |
& Blastocyst cell numbers of less than 16 or blastocysts used for molecular analysis (10 or 40 blastocysts in the NT-AZA or NT-TSA group, respectively) were not included. a–c Values in the same column with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).