Table 1 Effects of hormone administration method on morphology and fertilization rates of oocytes in non-ovulatory follicles from SD rats.

From: Generation of rat offspring from ovarian oocytes by xenotransplantation

Hormone administration

Number of oocytes

Oocyte form

Rate of 2cell

PMSG, hCG

90

TCOC

11.30 ± 9.95a

37

LCOC

62.56 ± 25.46b

PMSG, PMSG

76

TCOC

20.27 ± 30.67a

22

LCOC

73.33 ± 25.17b

PMSG, hCG

46

ovulated eggs*

98.00 ± 2.83

  1. *Harvested from the fallopian tubes.
  2. a,bNo statistically significant differences found between the two groups a and b (p > 0.05).
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