mRNA expression in DFS-ICSI- and <i>in vivo</i>-derived ESC lines at early passage (passage 0).

<p>(A) pluripotency and epigenetic repression genes; (B) DNA methylation and histone acetylation genes; (C) oxidative stress, base excision repair (BES) and nucleotide excision repair (NES) genes; and (D) DNA damage and repair genes. * indicates statistical differences for each gene transcript at P≤0.05; error bars represent SEM.