Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Heterochronic development of lateral plates in the three-spined stickleback induced by thyroid hormone level alterations
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194040
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Plasma T 3 concentrations of wild caught three-spined sticklebacks. (B) Whole-body T 3 concentrations in laboratory-raised three-spined sticklebacks (61 dpf). Middle point is median, box and whisker are quartiles and range respectively. Samples are combined and each contains between 4 and 13 individuals; the sample size for each group is indicated above the bar. Different lowercase letters above the bars indicate significant differences between forms (p < 0.05, Mann-Whitney U-test for wild fish) or between experimental groups (p < 0.05, Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s post hoc test for laboratory-raised fish). Differences between groups were tested independently within each panel and each cross.
Article Snippet: Plasma T 3 concentrations and whole body T 3 concentrations were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using commercial kits (tT3, Monobind Inc., CA, USA) for total T 3 .
Techniques: Whisker Assay, MANN-WHITNEY