Developmental kinetics of the first cell cycles of bovine in vitro PRODUCED EMBRYOS IN RELATION TO THEIR IN VITRO VIABILITY AND SEX
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The development of bovine IVP-embryos was observed in a time-lapse culture system to determine cell cycle lengths of 1) embryos that developed into compact morulae (CM) or blastocysts (BL) within 174 h after insemination (viable), 2) embryos that arrested during earlier stages (nonviable) and 3) male and female embryos. In 4 replicates, inseminated oocytes were cultured on a microscope stage in 3 to 4 groups on a granulosa cell monolayer in supplemented TCM 199. Images were sequentially recorded and stored at 30-min intervals. All embryos that could be identified throughout the culture period were included (n=392), and the times of cleavage events noted. After culture, 100 CM or BL were randomly selected for sexing by PCR. BL developed equally well in the time-lapse and control culture systems (36 vs 38. The respective lengths of the first 4 cell cycles of viable embryos were 32.0 + 3.9, g.8 + 1.6, 10.8 + 4.7 and 47.7 + 11.8 h. The subsequent intervals between the 9- to 16-cell, early morula, CM and BL stages lasted 16.2 to 18.2 h. Blastomeres of 2-, 4- and 8-cell embryos cleaved asynchronously with
Original language | English |
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Journal | Theriogenology |
Volume | 98 |
Pages (from-to) | 1285-1299 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISSN | 0093-691X |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
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