The sex ratio of bovine embryos produced in vitro in serum-free oviduct cell-conditioned medium is not altered.
(1995) Theriogenology — Vol. 43, n° 6, p. 1097-1106 (1995)
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- The sex ratio of bovine blastocysts produced in vitro in serum-free oviduct cell-conditioned medium was investigated. Bovine embryos reaching the blastocyst stage were removed from culture medium on Days 6, 7, 8 and 9 and were identified as small, mid-sized or expanded blastocysts. One third (29/91) of the blastocysts appeared on Day 6. Twelve from them were small blastocysts (5 males), 7 were mid-sized blastocysts (4 males) and 10 were expanded blastocysts (5 males). On Day 7, 33 blastocysts were obtained: 8 small (5 males), 9 mid-sized (3 males) and 16 expanded (13 males) blastocysts. Finally, on Days 8 and 9, 29 blastocysts were obtained: 12 small (9 males), 9 mid-sized (6 males) and 8 (3 males) expanded blastocysts. Sexing of the 91 blastocysts was performed by using an original polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol generating discreet internal control signals from both female and male samples and Y-specific smears from the male samples. Proportions of male embryos on Days 6, 7 and on Days 8+9 were 48, 64 and 62%, respectively. These values did not differ significantly among days and did not differ from 50%. Fifty-nine percent of small blastocysts, 52% of mid-sized blastocyst and 62% of expanded blastocysts were male. No difference between these values or with respect to 50% could be observed. These results show that bovine blastocysts produced in serum-free oviduct cell-conditioned medium do not have an altered sex ratio.
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Grisart, B., Massip, A., Collette, L., & Dessy, F. (1995). The sex ratio of bovine embryos produced in vitro in serum-free oviduct cell-conditioned medium is not altered. Theriogenology, 43(6), 1097-1106. https://doi.org/10.1016/0093-691X(95)00073-H (Original work published 1995)