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. 2018 Apr 21;16:39. doi: 10.1186/s12958-018-0356-8

Table 1.

Development potential of fertilized and parthenogenetic embryos cultured in 5 and 20% oxygen in vitro

Groups Oxygen concentration % Replicates No. Total embryos No. 96 h 120 h
No. (%)
Blastocysts+
No. (%)
Hatched Blastocysts
FE 20 7 324 312 (96.2 ± 1.4) 179 (58.2 ± 4.2)a
5 7 350 337 (97.3 ± 1.1) 83 (23.8 ± 2.6)b
PA 20 9 346 336 (97.6 ± 0.8) 278 (81.2 ± 2.7)c
5 9 346 335 (96.8 ± 1.0) 306 (90.8 ± 1.8)d

FE fertilized embryos, PA parthenogenetically activated embryos

+Mean ± SEM

a vs. b, p < 0.001; a vs. c, p < 0.01;c vs. d, p < 0.05; b vs. d, p < 0.001