Table 2 Volume gain rate during incubation of Tropidurus torquatus eggs under four incubation temperature regimes.

From: Effects of incubation temperature on development, morphology, and thermal physiology of the emerging Neotropical lizard model organism Tropidurus torquatus

Temperature (°C)

Mean (± sd)

 

Volume gain rate

Difference in volume gain curve among temperatures

Difference in volume among temperatures

b

r2

F statistics

 

P

F statistics

 

P

28.7

2.34 (± 1.2)

*a

0.27

0.70

0.7999

ns

0.49

11.996

*

 < 0.0001

30.0

2.12 (± 1.0)

*ac

0.25

0.71

32.5

2.26 (± 1.2)

*b

0.29

0.78

32.5 (+ 39.0/2 h)

2.33 (± 1.0)

*bc

0.24

0.68

  1. Significant effect of incubation temperature is indicated by (*); letters *a, *b, & *c denotes the post-hoc difference among treatments; b, ANCOVA slope; F, ANCOVA result; ns not significant; P, ANCOVA significance; r2, coefficient of model adjust; sd standard deviation.
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