Table 2. Mitochondrial DNA copy numbers derived from porcine oocyte and mouse donor cells at different developmental stages of mouse-porcine cloned embryos1)

Stages The mtDNA copy numbers MFF/porcine oocyte mtDNA (%)
Porcine oocyte mtDNA MFF mtDNA
1-cell 1.1 × 106 ± 0.9 × 106 5.7 × 104 ± 0.3 × 105 5.0 ± 0.04
2-cell 9.3 × 105 ± 0.5 × 106 4.2 × 103 ± 1.0 × 103 0.5 ± 0.01
4-cell 6.6 × 105 ± 0.2 × 106 1.9 × 104 ± 0.6 × 104 2.9 ± 0.04
8-cell 1.3 × 106 ± 0.3 × 106 2.0 × 103 ± 1.1 × 103 0.2 ± 0.00
Morula 4.1 × 106 ± 0.8 × 106 2.5 × 104 ± 1.1 × 104 0.6 ± 0.01
Blastocyst 1.3 × 106 ± 0.2 × 106 1.3 × 102 ± 0.3 × 102 0.009 ± 0.01
Experiments were repeated four times.