In vitroeffects of relaxin on gene expression in porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes and developing embryos

Table 3 Developmental effects of relaxin added during oocyte maturation

pRLN during IVM (ng/ml)	Total Zygotes (N)	% of cleaved at Day 2pi (n)	Blastocyst formation at Day 7pi
			Total (T)	% (T/N)	Cell number (n)
0	383	37 ± 4 (141)^a	45	12 ± 3^a	31 ± 4 (16)^a
20	344	40 ± 4 (135)^a	23	8 ± 4^a	32 ± 6 (12)^a
40	442	51 ± 5 (226)^b	46	10 ± 3^a	38 ± 3 (12)^b

^ab Different superscripts within the same column indicate significant difference (P < 0.05; ANOVA). Data are mean values (± SEM) of at least 5 independent replicates.

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