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Table 4 Chromosomal composition of parthenogenetic 8-cell embryos activated using different protocols.

From: Parthenogenetic activation of bovine oocytes using bovine and murine phospholipase C zeta

 

Embryos Evaluated

Informative embryos

2n

3n

4n

Mixoploid (2n/4n)

Other

Total Abnormal

IVF

22

17

16 (94%)

0

1 (6%)

0

0

1 (6%)a

mPLCZ1

28

16

12 (75%)

0

4 (25%)

0

0

4 (25%)ab

Iono/DMAP

26

20

6 (30%)

0

10 (50%)

2 (10%)

2 (10%)

14 (70%)c

Iono/CHX

28

18

12 (67%)

1 (5%)

5 (26%)

0

1

6 (33%)b

Total

104

71

      
  1. a,b,c: Percentages not sharing a common letter within experiment are statistically different (P < 0.05, Chi-square test).
  2. A total of 167 metaphases were evaluated (2.3 per informative embryo).