Table 1. Development of the iSCNT embryos after their reconstruction using dromedary oocytes as recipient cytoplast and Bactrian, Lama and dromedary fibroblast cells as nuclear donors.
Cells used * | No. of oocytes manipulated | Fused (% mean ± SEM) |
Cleaved (% mean ± SEM) |
Blastocysts (% mean ± SEM) |
Cell Number (% mean ± SEM) |
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BT-SKF | 58 | 77.4±2.1a | 69.1±5.7a | 34.4±3.9a | 89.5 ± 5.8a |
LM-SKF | 42 | 65.5±5.7a | 60.0±5.8a | 13.3±3.3b | 71.2 ± 9.6a |
SKF-1 | 57 | 80.3±2.4a | 74.6±3.1a | 32.2±6.2a | 82.6 ± 4.9a |
* BT-SKF, Bactrian skin fibroblast cells; LM-SKF, Llama skin fibroblast cells; SKF-1, dromedary skin fibroblast cells.
Values in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).