1. Effect of slow freeze versus vitrification on the oocyte: an animal model 
Weihong Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Dennis Marchesi, Ph.D., Jie Qiao, M.D., Ph.D., Huai L. Feng, Ph.D., H.C.L.D., E.L.D. 
Fertility and Sterility 
Volume 98, Issue 3, Pages e3 (September 2012)
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2. Figure 1
Effects of different cryopreservation protocols on spindle configuration in the bovine oocyte. The normal configurations of spindle and chromosomal alignment in bovine MII oocytes (A) and abnormal spindles with disorganized microtubules or multipoles, along with scattered chromosomes, were considered abnormal (B). *P<.05.
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3. Figure 2
Effects of different cryopreservation protocols on global DNA methylation status in bovine oocytes. Nucleus DNA (A); DNA methylation (B); nucleus DNA and DNA methylation merge (C). *P<.05.
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4. Figure 3
Effects of different cryopreservation protocols on apoptosis in bovine oocytes and COCs. COC without any cumulus cell apoptosis (A); COC with <15% cumulus cells apoptosis (B); COC with 15%–70% cumulus cells apoptosis (C); COC with >70% cumulus cells apoptosis (D). *P<.05.
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5. Figure 4
Apoptosis-related DNA fragmentation detected by TUNEL assay in bovine oocytes. Nucleus DNA (A); DNA fragment with apoptosis (B); merge image of nucleus DNA and DNA fragment with apoptosis (C). *P<.05.
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6. Supplemental Figure 1
Effects of different cryopreservation protocols on cortical granules (CGs) distribution. Distributional patterns of the CGs were classified into three types in mature bovine oocytes: type I, CGs distributed in clusters (A); type II, CGs dispersed and partly clustered (B); and type III, all CGs dispersed (C). P>.05.
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7. Supplemental Figure 2
Effects of different cryopreservation protocols on mitochondria distribution. Representative micrographs of mitochondrial localization in all categories of mature oocytes were classified into three types: category 1 oocytes displayed only small numbers of mitochondrial clumps in a peripheral location (A); category 2 (B) was between category 1 and category 3; category 3 oocytes showed the strongest and most homogeneous staining (C). *P<.05.
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