Table 4 Student’s t-test analysis of differences in melanosome geometry between each pair of tissue types listed in Table 3
From: Non-integumentary melanosomes can bias reconstructions of the colours of fossil vertebrates
Xenopus melanosome length | Xenopus melanosome aspect ratio | ||||||
Lung | Lung | ||||||
Liver | 1.57e −7 | Liver | Liver | 1.38e −7 | Liver | ||
Spleen | 0.001 | 0.001 | Spleen | Spleen | 0.0394 | 2.1e −7 | Spleen |
Skin | 0.005 | 1.63e −5 | 0.265 | Skin | 0.8528 | 2.03e −7 | 0.0146 |
Kaloula melanosome length | Kaloula melanosome aspect ratio | ||||||
Lung | Lung | ||||||
Liver | 0.034 | Liver | Liver | 1.5e −5 | Liver | ||
Spleen | 1.52e −4 | 1.02e −7 | spleen | Spleen | 6.28e −8 | 2.72e −4 | Spleen |
Skin | 2.58e −15 | 4.26e −19 | 1.21e −11 | Skin | 3.63e −7 | 0.0168 | 0.088 |
Osteopilus melanosome length | Osteopilus melanosome aspect ratio | ||||||
Lung | Lung | ||||||
Liver | 0.111 | Liver | Liver | 0.671 | Liver | ||
Spleen | 0.256 | 0.672 | Spleen | Spleen | 0.53 | 0.85 | Spleen |
Skin | 4.55e −13 | 3.57e −12 | 1.01e −11 | Skin | 0.926 | 0.02 | 0.037 |
