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