Rat Oocytes Fertilized in Modified Rat 1-Cell Embryo Culture Medium Containing a High Sodium Chloride Concentration and Bovine Serum Albumin Maintain Developmental Ability to the Blastocyst Stage

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A suitable chemically defined culture medium for 1-cell rat embryos (mR1ECM) was modified to obtain sperm penetration, and the developmental competence of oocytes fertilized in the medium was compared to that of oocytes fertilized in a traditional medium, modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate medium (mKRB). Sperm penetration was not observed when polyvinyl alcohol was replaced with BSA in mR1ECM (mR1ECM-BSA); the...

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