Review Article

The Role of Mitochondria from Mature Oocyte to Viable Blastocyst

Table 1

Summary of Previous Cytoplasm and Mitochondrial Transfer Studies.

SpeciesCytoplasm (Cyto) or mitochondria (Mito) transferSafe for oocyteIncreased fertilization rateViable blastocystReference

MouseCyto and Mito[87, 8992, 9699]
PigCyto[31]
CowCyto and Mito[20, 35, 100]
HumanCyto and Mito[7881, 101, 102]