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. 2020 Jul 15;11:762. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00762

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Photoirradiated mitochondria injected into zygotes are selected against during early embryogenesis. CMXRos-loaded zygotes containing mtDNA of NZB origin were photoirradiated for either 0 (P0) or 20 (P20) s to induce mitochondrial damage. Mitochondria from these zygotes were injected by cytoplasmic transfer (CT) into B6 zygotes, resulting in CT-P0 and CT-P20 groups, respectively. CT-derived embryos were assessed at zygote and blastocyst stage as for the levels of NZB (A) and total (B) mtDNA. Different letters over bars depict statistical difference within group (P < 0.05). *Statistical difference within stage (P = 0.008).