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Table 1 Comparison between IVM methods Simple vs Co-culture

From: Development of in-vitro maturation protocol for rat oocytes; under simple culture vs co-culture with cumulus cell monolayer and its developmental potential via Parthenogenetic/artificial activation

Donor

Method of IVM

The average number of Oocytes¹

Number of 2-4 cell (%) ¹

Number of 8 cells (%) ¹

SD

Female Rat

3-4 weeks old

Simple culture

65.0 ± 1

53.8 ± 7a

14.0 ± 7a

Co Culture

52.0 ± 2

59.0 ± 4b

23.0 ± 2b

  1. ¹Values of results were expressed as the means ± SD
  2. a-bValues in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)