Abstract

Unfertilized mouse oocytes from inbred strains (BALB/c, C3H/He and C57BL/6) were frozen ultrarapidly by direct plunging into liquid nitrogen, immediately after exposure to a highly-concentrated solution (DAP 213: 2 M dimethyl sulphoxide, 1 M acetamide, and 3 M propylene glycol in PB 1), and were later thawed in a 37 degrees C waterbath. After thawing, 76.8-90.9% of recovered oocytes were morphologically normal. Following fertilization in vitro of cryopreserved oocytes, the proportion of 2-cell embryos 24 h after insemination ranged from 70.7% to 83.4%. Nearly all 2-cell embryos obtained from cryopreserved oocytes were transferred to the oviducts of pseudopregnant recipients and 31.0-43.0% of 2-cell embryos developed into normal young.

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