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Table 1 Sex comparisons of steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA expression in the saccule of Astatotilapia burtoni.

From: Steroid receptor expression in the fish inner earvaries with sex, social status, and reproductive state

Receptor subtype

U statistic

p

Summary

ARα

135.0

<0.001

F > M

ARβ

224.0

0.009

F > M

ERα

258.0

0.050

F > M

ERβa

365.0

0.749

F = M

ERβb

333.0

0.399

F = M

Aromatase

106.0

<0.001

F > M

GR2

190.0

0.001

F < M

GR1a

31.0

<0.001

F < M

GR1b

263.0

0.045

F < M

MR

174.0

<0.001

F < M

  1. Female data were pooled from brooding, recovering and gravid individuals, while male data were pooled from subordinate and dominant individuals. U statistics and p-values are from Mann-Whitney Rank Sum tests and bold values indicate differences at p < 0.05 (Bonferroni correction p < 0.005)