Research Article

Global, Survival, and Apoptotic Transcriptome during Mouse and Human Early Embryonic Development

Table 1

Number of human samples and patients for DNA microarray and RT-qPCR experiments. The number of fresh and cryopreserved embryos used were indicated in brackets.

DNA microarray experiments RT-qPCR experiments
Number of samples (fresh, cryopreserved)Number of patientsNumber of samples (fresh, cryopreserved)Number of patients

Unfertilized MII oocytes43942
Day 3 cleavage embryos5 (3, 2)200
Day 5/6 blastocysts5 (3, 2)23 (1, 2)2

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