| 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 |