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Table 2.

Effect of α-tocopherol supplementation to oocyte maturation medium on development of preimplantation sheep embryos cultured in 20% oxygen environment

α-tocopherol conc. (µM)	No. of oocytes inseminated	Cleavage (%)	Morula (%)	Blastocyst (%)	No. of blastocysts evaluated	Total cell number
0	382	59.06 ± 0.95^a	26.16 ± 1.73^a	8.90 ± 1.44^a	19	88.17 ± 3.11^a
50	364	57.82 ± 1.18^a	24.32 ± 2.02^a	8.09 ± 0.79^a	17	85.83 ± 2.93^a
100	377	58.30 ± 1.16^a	24.87 ± 2.19^a	8.63 ± 0.99^a	15	88.33 ± 4.03^a
200	395	60.31 ± 1.62^a	27.08 ± 2.10^a	9.86 ± 1.74^a	18	92.17 ± 3.53^a
400	365	61.21 ± 0.78^a	27.92 ± 1.78^a	10.62 ± 1.83^a	18	94.50 ± 3.92^a
500	383	59.57 ± 1.34^a	27.79 ± 2.29^a	10.40 ± 1.66^a	20	91.17 ± 4.31^a

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