Table 3. Development of porcine SCNT embryos by the delayed activation of three different times with 1.25 mM caffeine supplementation.
Duration of caffeine treatment (h) | No. of reconstructed oocytes | No. of embryos (%; mean ± SEM) developed to | ||||
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2-cell | 4-cell | 8-cell | Morula | Blastocyst | ||
Control (1 h) | 95 | 61 (64.0 ± 3.8) | 50 (52.2 ± 6.0) | 24 (25.3 ± 2.2) | 18 (18.5 ± 3.2) | 9 (9.4 ± 1.4)* |
1 h | 98 | 63 (64.2 ± 5.9) | 57 (58.1 ± 5.9) | 30 (31.0 ± 3.2) | 21 (21.6 ± 2.4) | 13 (14.0 ± 3.5)* |
2 h | 93 | 63 (67.9 ± 5.9) | 51 (54.3 ± 6.7) | 30 (31.8 ± 7.4) | 21 (22.3 ± 6.5) | 10 (11.1 ± 2.0)* |
4 h | 88 | 58 (65.8 ± 3.6) | 52 (59.1 ± 4.1) | 31 (36.3 ± 4.9) | 25 (27.9 ± 5.3) | 20 (22.4 ± 6.1)† |
SCNT, somatic cell nuclear transfer; SEM, standard error of the mean.
*,†Values in the same column with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).