Table 1 Quantity of p66Shc, p53 and H2a mRNA transcripts in early cleaving, late cleaving, 2–4 cell arrested embryos and bovine blastocysts

p66Shc

1.20 ± 0.30 × 10^{-5 a}

2.80 ± 0.32 × 10^{-5 b}

4.02 ± 0.21 × 10^{-5 c}

0.50 ± 0.07 × 10^{-5 d}

H2a

0.53 ± 0.09 × 10^{-3 a'}

0.43 ± 0.12 × 10^{-3 a'}

0.46 ± 0.13 × 10^{-3 a'}

0.43 ± 0.13 × 10^{-3 a'}

p53

0.95 ± 0.13 × 10^{-6 a"}

1.01 ± 0.15 × 10^{-6 a"}

0.81 ± 0.22 × 10^{-6 a"}

1.70 ± 0.50 × 10^{-6 a"}