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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 38, 292-295, Copyright © 1988 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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The chromosomal normality of in vitro-fertilized rabbit oocytes

T Asakawa, M Ishikawa, T Shimizu and WR Dukelow
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asahikawa Medical School, Japan.

The chromosomal normality of rabbit oocytes fertilized in vitro was examined. Ovum donors were superovulated with pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Follicular oocytes were collected laparoscopically 9-10 h after hCG treatment and incubated in vitro with spermatozoa capacitated in vivo. Of 267 aspirated oocytes, 191 (71.4%) were fertilized in vitro and developed to the 2- to 8-cell stage 24-48 h after insemination. In the chromosomal studies, 121 (63.4%) were examined. Of these, 94 (77.7%) had a normal diploid complement of chromosomes (2n = 44) and 6 (5%) showed aneuploidy. Of the remaining 21, 20 were triploid and one was tetraploid. The incidence of triploid oocytes after in vitro fertilization was higher than the rate in vivo (16.5% vs. 9.0%, respectively). These triploid oocytes were suspected to be the result of polyspermic fertilization in vitro. In addition, at the Metaphase II stage, 62 (89.9%) of 69 induced, preovulatory oocytes had a normal number of chromosomes.




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