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Table 4. Immunohistochemical localization of MSTN in diploids (D) and triploids (T) of sea bass.

Tissue		2 dph		6 dph		10 dph		30–45 dph		60 dph		74 dph
	D	T	D	T	D	T	D	T	D	T	D	T
Gill epithelium	^*	^*	^-	^-	^-	^-	⁺	^+/-	⁺	^+/-	⁺	^+/-
Heart	^*	^*	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^+/-	^+/-	^+/-	^+/-	^+/-
Gut epithelium	⁺	⁺	^+/-	⁺	⁺⁺	^+/-	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺
Liver	^*	^*	⁺	^+/-	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^-
Kidney	^*	^*	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^-	^+/-	^+/-	^+/-	^+/-
Pancreas	^*	^*	^-	^-	^+/-	⁺	^-	^-	^-	^-	^-	^-
Skin	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺	^+/-	⁺	^+/-	⁺	^+/-
Skeletal muscle	⁺	⁺	⁺	⁺	^+/-	^+/-	⁺	^+/-	^+/-	^+/-	⁺	^+/-
Yolk sac	⁺	^+/-

Staining:

not detectable;

^+/-

slight but above background levels;

⁺

moderate;

⁺⁺

marked staining.

Tissue not found on the sections examined at this stage.