Table 4.

Essential amino acid scores of oysters of different sexes.

Amino Acid	2N		4N
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Threonine	122.40	131.00	126.65	132.58
Valine	102.82	106.99	107.93	108.23
Methionine	76.94	90.46	69.23	86.58
Isoleucine	122.40	131.00	123.90	129.87
Leucine	108.41	112.29	106.99	111.32
Phenylalanine + Tyrosine	134.64	154.66	126.65	144.30
Lysine	160.23	148.87	158.19	147.58