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Table 3.

Effect of α-tocopherol supplementation to embryo culture 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	373	65.49 ± 1.27^a	33.11 ± 1.93^ab	10.54 ± 0.86^ab	17	88.33 ± 2.82^a
50	386	66.36 ± 1.26^a	34.82 ± 1.97^ab	11.80 ± 0.66^ab	18	91.50 ± 4.26^a
100	368	68.55 ± 1.33^a	36.47 ± 2.43^ab	12.69 ± 1.84^ab	16	92.67 ± 4.28^a
200	377	68.91 ± 0.81^a	39.20 ± 1.90^a	14.54 ± 0.64^a	19	94.17 ± 4.90^a
400	391	64.70 ± 2.14^a	34.44 ± 2.45^ab	10.39 ± 0.98^ab	17	90.33 ± 3.67^a
500	369	64.34 ± 0.54^a	29.19 ± 1.76^b	9.12 ± 0.47^b	19	88.50 ± 4.09^a

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