title: Effect of cell cycle synchronization on the accuracy of murine and bovine embryo sex determination.
abstract: Different cell cycle synchronization methods were used to increase the mitotic index and accuracy of sex determination in murine and bovine embryos. For sexing purposes, colchicine treatment for 2, 4, 6 and 8 h and the FdU-thymidine-colchicine combination were tested in murine embryos. The best results were obtained with colchicine treatment for 8 h (96.88% accuracy) and with FdU-thymidine-colchicine (97.22% accuracy). Mitotic indexes differed significantly between the 2 treatments (21.71% for colchicine and 32.95% for FdU-thymidine-colchicine). For sex identification of murine and bovine demi-embryos, both treatments were demonstrated to be equally effective (nearly 90%). The mitotic index for the FdU-treated murine demi-embryos (19.04%) was higher than the one obtained for the 8-h colchicine treatment (15.62%).
authors.affiliation: EMBRAPA-CENARGEN, Caixa Postal 02372, CEP 70770 Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Hossepian de Lima
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: De Bem
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moreira-Filho