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Fig. 5 | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Fig. 5

From: The effect of lysophosphatidic acid during in vitro maturation of bovine cumulus–oocyte complexes: cumulus expansion, glucose metabolism and expression of genes involved in the ovulatory cascade, oocyte and blastocyst competence

Fig. 5

The effect of LPA (10−5M) supplementation of oocyte maturation medium on cumulus expansion. Panel a depicts representative images of bovine COCs exhibiting three degrees of cumulus expansion: a grade 1 (non-expanded), b grade 2 (partially expanded) and c grade 3 (fully expanded). Original magnification × 50. Panel b depicts quantitative analysis of LPA effect on cumulus expansion. The values are presented as percentage of COCs and expressed as mean ± SEM. Capital letters indicate statistical significance (P > 0.05) between two treatments whilst different small letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) within each treatment, as determined by two-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey multiple comparison test

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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

ISSN: 1477-7827

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