Table 2. Mean (± SEM) relative expression normalised to elf1a/rpl13 for genes of interest in 5 dpf larvae of AB and TL.

Gene	AB (n = 10)	TL (n = 10)	Statistics
crf	2.75 ± 0.25	2.00 ± 0.16	t = 2.566; df = 18; p ≤ 0.02
crf-bp	1.60 ± 0.09	1.07 ± 0.07	t = 4.546; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
mr	3.22 ± 0.33	2.67 ± 0.12
gr-alpha	0.66 ± 0.04	1.30 ± 0.11	t = -5.368; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
gr-beta	0.78 ± 0.09	0.10 ± 0.03	t = 7.508; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
bdnf	1.70 ± 0.07	0.58 ± 0.09	t = 9.735; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
pcna	0.49 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.01	t = 11.689; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
neurod1	1.33 ± 0.11	0.77 ± 0.09	t = 3.899; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
gh1	0.10 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01
cart4	0.41 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.03	t = 5.457; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
igf1	1.89 ± 0.21	0.83 ± 0.07	t = 4.693; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
socs3a	0.07 ± 0.004	0.04 ± 0.006 (n = 9)	t = 4.175; df = 17; p ≤ 0.001
mpeg1.1	0.13 ± 0.02 (n = 9)	0.08 ± 0.008	t = 2.281; df = 17; p ≤ 0.04
mpeg1.2	0.50 ± 0.07	0.05 ± 0.01	t = 5.996; df = 18; p ≤ 0.001
irg1l	0.24 ± 0.05	0.03 ± 0.008 (n = 7)	t = 3.807; df = 15; p ≤ 0.002

Unless otherwise indicated n = 10 samples per strain (2 larvae/sample); Reasons for less than 10 samples: poor signal (AB: mpeg1.1; TL: irg1l (n = 2)) or outliers (Grubb’s test, p≤0.01; TL: socs3a; TL: irg1l); Statistics between AB and TL are shown (Student’s t-test).