Comparative study of ovarian development in wild and captive-reared long-whiskered Sperata aor (Hamilton, 1822)

BMC Zoology

Table 4 Amino acid composition (% dry matter basis) of oocytes of female S. aor broodstock (n = 3)

Amino acids	Wild	Captive	Significant differences
EAA
Threonine	4.50 ± 0.50	4.50 ± 0.50	1.00
Valine	2.90 ± 0.01	2.80 ± 0.01	0.56
Asparagine	2.43 ± 0.01	2.42 ± 0.01	0.28
Isoleucine	4.72 ± 0.01	4.71 ± 0.01	0.56
Leucine	4.70 ± 0.50	4.50 ± 0.50	0.39
Histidine	2.43 ± 0.01	2.42 ± 0.01	0.28
Lysine	3.46 ± 0.01^Sig	3.44 ± 0.00^Sig	0.02
Arginine	5.60 ± 0.15	5.50 ± 0.10	0.56
Tryptophan	2.79 ± 0.01	2.78 ± 0.01	0.56
Phenylalanine	3.66 ± 0.01^Sig	3.44 ± 0.01^Sig	0.00
NEAA
Aspartic acid	2.78 ± 0.01	2.79 ± 0.01	0.56
Serine	2.43 ± 0.01	2.42 ± 0.01	0.28
Glycine	4.89 ± 0.01^Sig	4.92 ± 0.00^Sig	0.00
Glutamic acid	10.49 ± 0.01^Sig	5.50 ± 0.15^Sig	0.00
Alanine	5.72 ± 0.01	5.72 ± 0.01	0.56
Tyrosine	5.72 ± 0.01	5.72 ± 0.01	0.56
Glutamine	13.00 ± 1.00	12.00 ± 1.00	0.28
Proline	2.42 ± 0.01	2.42 ± 0.01	0.28

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