Table 1. Meiotic stages of MF- and SF-derived oocytes at 20 h after the start of maturation in vitro.
Origin of COCs | No. of oocytes examined | No. (%) of oocytes at the stage of |
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GV-0 | GV-I | GV-II | GV-III | GV-IV | Pro M-I | M-I | ||
MF | 111 | 10 (8.8 ± 1.9) a | 5 (4.6 ± 1.1) | 65 (58.7 ± 1.9) a | 13 (11.8 ± 0.9) | 15 (13.2 ± 2.4) | 1 (1.0 ± 1.0) | 2 (1.8 ± 0.9) |
SF | 111 | 26 (23.4 ± 5.0) b | 1 (0.9 ± 0.9) | 49 (44.1 ± 2.6) b | 16 (14.4 ± 0.7) | 16 (14.4 ± 5.0) | 3 (2.8 ± 1.6) | 0 |
Data are shown as means ± SEM from three replicated trials. a,b Values with different superscripts within columns are significantly different (P < 0.05). MF, middle follicles; SF, small follicles; COCs, cumulus-oocyte complexes; GV, germinal vesicle; Pro M-I, pro-metaphase-I; M-I, metaphase-I.