Table 1.

Average length to width ratios (+/− SD) of ceratohyal chondrocytes

Chondrocytes	Region A	Region B	Region C
WT to WT transplants	1.65 (0.64) n = 37, p = 0.238	2.57 (1.01) n = 10, p = 0.834	2.42 (1.11) n = 27, p = 0.165
WT to WT neighbors	2.02 (0.92) n = 11	2.66 (1.13) n = 14	2.68 (1.04) n = 28
WT to wnt5b transplants	1.66 (0.21) n = 3, p = 0.811	1.68 (0.67) n =18, p = 0.759	2.32 (0.62) n = 18, p = 0.392
WT to wnt5b neighbors	1.66 (0.71) n = 10	1.65 (0.64) n = 18	2.26 (0.77) n = 21
wnt5b to WT transplants	2.13 (0.43) n = 5, p = 0.028	2.13 (1.38) n = 2, p = >0.999	1.76 (1.40) n = 6, p = 0.767
wnt5b to WT neighbors	1.48 (0.46) n = 10	2.25 (0.39) n = 7	1.83 (0.63) n = 11
WT to gpc4 transplants	3.28 (1.61) n = 3, p = 0.934	2.32 (0.49) n=5, p = 0.0004	1.43 (0.53) n = 6, p = 0.524
WT to gpc4 neighbors	1.39 (0.61) n = 8	1.25 (0.44) n = 16	1.56 (0.43) n = 12
gpc4 to WT transplants	1.04 (0.46) n = 44, p = <0.0001	1.21 (0.76) n = 53, p = <0.0001	1.35 (0.80) n = 26, p = 0.0002
gpc4 to WT neighbors	1.81 (0.84) n = 23	3.17 (0.86) n = 19	2.57 (0.98) n = 15

The p values indicate a comparison of the average length to width ratio of the transplanted chondrocytes to the average length to width ratio of the neighboring chondrocytes. Tests of four a priori hypotheses were conducted using a Bonferonni adjusted value of 0.0125 (0.05/4).