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This study aimed to identify biomarkers present in SWR GC associated with oocytes that either did or did not mature in vitro. We evaluated follicle development (FD), meiotic competence (MC), cell death and atresia (CDA), and embryonic genome activation (EGA). Our objective was to design biomarkers to predict oocyte in vitro maturation results in the SWR. RNA was isolated from GC obtained during ovum pick up (OPU) for qPCR analysis. Overall, 22 genes were assessed, and nine were differentially expressed between GC from oocytes that did or did not mature in vitro (FD-GDF9 and mTOR; MC-GGPS1, JMY, and NPR2; CDA-COL4A1, MACIR, and TMPO; EGA-NFYA). From these data, we determined that GC can be used as a predictor for oocyte in vitro maturation outcome in the SWR. 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