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. 2022 Jun 15;11(6):1177. doi: 10.3390/antiox11061177
IVP In vitro production
ROS Reactive oxygen species
IVM In vitro maturation
IVF In vitro fertilization
IVC In vitro culture
SCNT Somatic cell nuclear transfer
ZGE Zygote genome-editing
CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9
COC Cumulus-oocyte complex
TL-HEPES-PVA Tyrode’s lactate-hydroxyethyl piperazineethanesulfonic acid- Polyvinyl alcohol
eCG Equine chorionic gonadotropin
hCG Human chorionic gonadotropin
BTS Beltsville thawing solution
LEY lactose egg yolk
BSA Bovine serum albumin
PBS Phosphate-buffered saline
ZP Zona pellucida
NCSU-23 North Carolina State University-23 medium
M Metaphase
MII Metaphase II
PB Polar body
TCN Total cell number
PI Propidium iodide
PNA-FITC Fluorescein-conjugated peanut agglutinin
YOPRO Yo-Pro-1
MERO Merocyanine 540
AV Annexin V
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
EG Ethylene glycol
SOPS Super open pulled straws
TE Trophectoderm
ICM Inner cell mass
GSH Glutathione
TUNEL Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
LN2 Liquid nitrogen
SEM Standard error of the mean
IZ Injected zygotes