Oocyte quality influences early embryonic survival, establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, fetal development and adult diseases. The developmental competence of oocytes is acquired gradually and increases with follicular development. The ability of an oocyte to develop into an embryo depends on, having enough specific information in the form of mRNA or proteins. If this information is insufficient, defects in nuclear or cytoplasmic maturation, or in both processes, may arise and thus affect the