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Table 4 The sex ratio of Scylla paramamosain at three different early developmental stages

From: Female-specific SNP markers provide insights into a WZ/ZZ sex determination system for mud crabs Scylla paramamosain, S. tranquebarica and S. serrata with a rapid method for genetic sex identification

Developmental stage

Number of offspring

Number of females

Number of males

Sex ratio a

P b

Megalopa stage (M)

60

30

30

1.00

1.000

First crablet stage (C1)

60

24

36

0.67

0.271

Second crablet stage (C2)

60

25

35

0.71

0.360

Total

180

79

101

0.78

0.245

  1. aSex ratio: female: male. b P value with Chi-square tests