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Table 2 Growth of European sea bass juveniles at 337 days post hatch according to treatment and sex

From: Estrogen exposure overrides the masculinizing effect of elevated temperature by a downregulation of the key genes implicated in sexual differentiation in a fish with mixed genetic and environmental sex determination

Females

Males

Treatment

N

Length (cm) ± SEM

Weight (g) ± SEM

N

Length (cm) ± SEM

Weight (g) ± SEM

LT

40

12,45 ± 0,180a

33,16 ± 1560a

26

11,66 ± 0,223b

27,22 ± 1867b

HT

16

12,22 ± 0,171a

33,88 ± 3044a

60

12,36 ± 0,171ab

33,79 ± 1544b

LT-E2

79

12,28 ± 0,138a

31,76 ± 1247a

4

13,55 ± 1582a

48,5 ± 20,963a

HT-E2

41

11,82 ± 0,236a

29.45 ± 2.160a

0

–

–

  1. Results are shown as mean ± SEM. Different letters mark statistical differences (P < 0.05) between groups