. 2010 Sep 28;10(1):31–41. doi: 10.1007/s12522-010-0067-0

Table 1.

Maturation and size of each part in rabbit oocytes

Oocytes	No. of oocytes cultured	No. (%) of oocytes matured	Diameter of cytoplasm (μm)	Inner diameter of zona pellucida (μm)	Thickness of zona pellucida (μm)	Size of perivitelline space (μm)
Immediately after collection from antral follicles	30	–	125.4 ± 1.01^A,a	125.6 ± 0.96 ^A	13.08 ± 0.33 ^A	0.12 ± 0.07^c
Ovulated	30	30 (100.0) ^A	99.54 ± 0.60^b	122.6 ± 0.73^b	14.20 ± 0.28 ^A	11.51 ± 0.34 ^A
Cultured	41	28 (68.3)^b	92.61 ± 0.88^c	112.0 ± 0.89^c	13.48 ± 0.31 ^A	9.68 ± 0.44^b
MU‐treated	42	28 (66.7) ^A	98.66 ± 0.57 ^A	113.1 ± 0.78^b	16.09 ± 0.31 ^A	7.13 ± 0.39^b
Control	47	30 (63.8) ^A	98.13 ± 0.77 ^A	115.6 ± 0.78 ^A	16.15 ± 0.36 ^A	8.75 ± 0.45 ^A

^AMean ± SE

The oocytes with cumulus cells were cultured for 14 h in BO medium with 0.25 mm MU (MU‐treated) or in BO medium without MU (control)

Values with different superscripts in the same column in each group of experiments are significantly different (p < 0.05)