Transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes associated with germ cell and gonad development in the Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

Table 1 Details of Southern bluefin tuna sampled for RNA extraction

Fish	Fish weight^a (kg)	Gonad weight (g)	Fish length^b (cm)	Sex^c	GSI^d (%)
1^e	39.8	29.96	120	F	0.0753
2	33.3	9.57	118	M	0.0287
3	34.6	14.55	118	M	0.0421
4	36.9	11.46	121	M	0.0311
5	36.3	16.81	121	M	0.0463
6	37.6	39.61	122	F	0.1053
7	48.7	21.8	131	M	0.0448
8	42.5	42.69	127	F	0.1004
9	36.6	56.76	123	F	0.1551
10	33.8	26.46	122	F	0.0783
11	36.2	12.27	122	M	0.0339
12	42.2	95.9	125	F	0.2273

^aGilled and gutted weight. ^bLength was measured as total length (TL). ^cM and F denotes male or female fish respectively. ^dGonado-somatic index (GSI), presented as percentage, was calculated as the ratio between gonad weight to gilled and gutted body weight (in grams). ^eThis fish was not used for RNA-Seq due to low quality RNA

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