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5.3.5 <strong>The</strong> development <strong>of</strong> SCNT embryos reconstructed<br />
using TI enucleated oocytes treated with caffeine<br />
<strong>The</strong> developmental potential <strong>of</strong> SCNT embryos to blastocyst stage using TI enucleated<br />
oocytes treated with 5 mM caffeine at 168 hpa was recorded. Three replicates were<br />
carried out. <strong>The</strong> frequency <strong>of</strong> blastocyst formation was 8.8 ± 0.7 % (3 blastocysts out<br />
<strong>of</strong> 34 couplets) and total cell number was 29.7 ± 0.9 (Figure 5.7).<br />
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Figure 5.7 Hatching porcine SCNT blastocyst (black arrow)<br />
TI arrested oocytes were enucleated at 36 -<br />
38 hpm, treated with 5 mM caffeine,<br />
cell-transferred and fused by 2 consecutive 50-psec DC pulses <strong>of</strong> 1.4kV/cm at 42 hpm,<br />
activated by 2 consecutive 60-psec pulses <strong>of</strong> 1.2 kV/cm DC at 44 hpm, and diploidy was<br />
induced by treatment for 6h with 7.5 mg/ml CB before in vitro culture for 7 days. Scale bar<br />
= 200 pm.<br />
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