Table 2.
Morphological character | Mean value ± 1 SD
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Control | Meth | Meth/T3 | |
Snout–upper jaw* | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.4 ± 0.1 |
Lower jaw–suture* | 2.5 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 2.3 ± 0.2 |
Calf† | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 2.2 ± 0.2 | 2.7 ± 0.2 |
Thigh† | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.1 | 2.4 ± 0.1 |
Tail | 3.2 ± 2.2 | 5.6 ± 0.5 | 2.5 ± 0.8 |
Ventral width | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 3.5 ± 0.2 | 2.9 ± 0.2 |
Statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) between means of different groups within a row are indicated by bold font. Meth, methimazole-treated; Meth/T3, methimazole/T3 cotreatment.
*Measurement points indicated on Fig. 3D.
†Length:width ratios; all other values are in millimeters.