Table 1.
Groups | Oxygen concentration % | Replicates No. | Total embryos No. | 96 h | 120 h |
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No. (%) Blastocysts+ |
No. (%) Hatched Blastocysts |
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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