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Table 1.

Effect of α-tocopherol supplementation to oocyte maturation medium on development of preimplantation sheep embryos cultured in 5% oxygen environment

α-tocopherol conc. (µM)	No. of oocytes inseminated	Cleavage (%)	Morula (%)	Blastocyst (%)	No. of blastocysts evaluated	Total cell number
0	360	65.51 ± 2.07^a	33.23 ± 2.17^a	10.66 ± 1.02^a	18	89.50 ± 3.39^a
50	384	65.86 ± 1.63^a	33.55 ± 1.70^a	9.96 ± 1.17^a	19	87.67 ± 2.94^a
100	372	64.48 ± 1.82^a	31.84 ± 2.34^a	8.94 ± 1.08^a	18	90.83 ± 3.88^a
200	369	67.19 ± 1.85^a	33.74 ± 2.34^a	11.14 ± 1.29^a	17	94.33 ± 4.38 ^a
400	392	66.91 ± 1.18^a	34.17 ± 1.68^a	11.58 ± 1.07^a	20	89.00 ± 4.37^a
500	375	65.26 ± 0.94^a	33.60 ± 1.23^a	10.82 ± 0.56^a	19	88.33 ± 2.84^a

Values are listed as mean±SEM; means in the same column with different superscripts were significantly different