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. 2021 Oct 13;38(12):3125–3133. doi: 10.1007/s10815-021-02338-3

Table 3.

Irregular cleavages in ionophore-treated and untreated sibling oocytes

Untreated oocytes Ionophor-treated
N fertilizations 257 294
Irregular chaotic division 29 (11.3) 22 (7.5)
Rapid cleavage 3 (1.2) 2 (0.7)
Trichotomous mitosis 17 (6.6) 18 (6.1)
1 to 3 cells 12 (4.7) 10 (3.4)
2 to 4 cells, 3 to 5 cells 5 (1.9) 8 (2.7)
Cell fusion 5 (2.0) 7 (2.4)
Planar embryos 2 (0.8) 2 (0.7)
Regularly cleaved embryos 201 (78.2) 243 (82.7)

Values in parentheses are percentages. Pn pronuclei. Irregular cleavages were assessed according to Ciray et al. (2014) and Desai et al. (2018). P > 0.05