Table 2 Results of analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) for the differences in fatty acid composition between the ovary, mantle muscle and digestive gland for female D. gigas by maturity stage.

From: The breeding strategy of female jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas: energy acquisition and allocation

ANOSIM pairwise tests

Maturity stage

N

Ovary-Digestive gland

Ovary-Mantle

Mantle-Digestive gland

R value

Significance

R value

Significance

R value

Significance

II

8

0.46

0.002

0.74

0.001

0.59

0.001

III

6

0.26

0.012

0.53

0.002

0.54

0.002

IV

5

0.20

0.026

0.46

0.023

0.32

0.028

V

5

0.41

0.008

0.65

0.002

0.56

0.001

pooled

24

0.32

0.001

0.54

0.001

0.57

0.001

  1. The R value of ANOSIM ranges from −1 to 1; values close to 0 indicates high similarity.
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