Research Article

Effect of Hyaluronan on Developmental Competence and Quality of Oocytes and Obtained Blastocysts from In Vitro Maturation of Bovine Oocytes

Table 1

Effect of HA on oocytes meiotic maturity and chromatin fragmentation (replicates = 4).

Medium Oocytes
Maturation stage
MII  
(%)  
(mean ± S.D)
MI  
GV  

Control151 106 (70.2%) 423
( )

0.035% HA133 90 (67.7%) 376
( )

0.07% HA144 91 (63.1%) 485
( )

Values within column do not differ significantly (test χ 2).
: number; MII: metaphase II; MI: metaphase I; GV: germinal vesicle.