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Table 2 Embryo- and larva measurements and statistics

From: Developmental basis of phenotypic integration in two Lake Malawi cichlids

 

CA

DC

DC value as % of CA

Tukey’s HST p value

p < 0.001

Neurocranium (mm)

     

 8 dpf

     

  EC + trabeculae length

0.787

0.8

101.6

0.1293217

 

  EC width

0.301

0.276

91.5

0.0011728

 

  NC width 1—anterior

0.6

0.667

111.1

0.0005305

***

  NC width 2—posterior

1.026

1.081

105.4

0.0009214

***

 15 dpf

     

  EC length

0.681

0.802

117.8

5.60E−06

***

  EC width

0.581

0.515

88.6

4.20E−06

***

  NC width—anterior

1.04

1

103.9

0.0126731

 

  NC width—posterior

1.75

1.68

96

0.0011456

 

Pharyngeal arches

     

Linear measurements (mm)

     

 15 dpf

     

  PMX angle (deg.)

87.794

81.675

93.0

1.37E−05

***

  PMX asc. proc. length

0.3644

0.4203

115.3

3.23E−05

***

  PMX tooth. proc. length

0.4065

0.4399

108.2

0.0004156

***

  DE thickness

0.0636

0.099

155.7

1.20E−06

***

  LJ length

0.6788

0.6907

101.8

0.1285571

 

  PQ anterior length

0.6444

0.6718

104.2

0.1025203

 

  PQ posterior length

0.6282

0.7539

120.0

2.00E−07

***

  CH length

0.6333

0.6702

105.8

0.0008139

***

  CB1 length

0.5623

0.5745

102.2

0.1286012

 

  Raker number

14

10

71.4

0

***

  Raker spacing

2.5E−05

3.7E−05

147.6

0

***

  LTP angle (deg.)

88.712

93.188

105.0

0.0035458

 

Growth zone width (um)

     

 PQ

106.78

137.72

129.0

0

***

 HS

120.09

131.25

109.3

0.006035

 

 CH

42.45

39.95

94.1

0.9428638

 

Surface area measurements (mm2)

     

 5 dpf

     

  MC

0.0317

0.0327

103.3

0.9955359

 

  PQ

0.0564

0.0656

116.5

0.3564464

 

  HS

0.0674

0.0756

112.1

0.0444626

 

  CH

0.0471

0.0487

103.4

0.9974972

 

  CB1

0.0203

0.0198

97.2

0.9995432

 

 8 dpf

     

  MC

0.0424

0.0491

115.8

0.0384713

 

  PQ

0.0848

0.1190

140.3

0.0000014

***

  HS

0.1046

0.1239

118.5

0.0000015

***

  CH

0.0760

0.0767

100.9

0.9999659

 

  CB1

0.0298

0.0298

100.1

1

 

 15 dpf

     

  MC

0.1075

0.1138

105.8

0.0590679

 

  PQ

0.3013

0.4429

147.0

0

***

  HS

0.2760

0.3124

113.2

0

***

  CH

0.2476

0.2717

109.7

0.000007

***

  CB1

0.0715

0.0821

114.8

0.0006013

***

  UTP

0.1013

0.1256

124.0

7.20E−06

***

  LTP

0.0907

0.1036

114.2

0.0008328

***

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