Table 2 Comparative analysis of thyroid stimulating hormone and thyroxine between ploid and sex on marine medaka, Oryzias dancena^*

Time (months after hatched)		Thyroid stimulating hormone(μIU/L)							Thyroxine (μg/dL)
		Diploid				Triploid				Diploid				Triploid
		Male	Female			Male	Female			Male		Female		Male	Female
1		3.1a	2.8a			3.9b	3.4b			3.81		3.71		4.32	4.22
2		3.2a	2.9a			4.0b	3.5b			4.21		4.11		4.62	4.52
3		3.4a	3.0a			4.1b	3.7b			4.71		4.71		5.02	5.12
4		3.6a	3.2a			4.3b	3.9b			5.11		4.91		5.32	5.32
5		3.9a	3.5a			4.6b	4.3b			5.21		5.11		5.62	5.72
6		4.1a	3.7a			4.8b	4.6b			5.71		5.71		6.32	6.32
8		4.6a	4.1a			5.3b	4.9b			6.11		5.91		6.52	6.42
10		4.6a	4.2a			5.1db	5.0b			6.31		6.21		7.62	7.42
12		4.6a	4.1a			5.2b	5.1b			6.31		6.31		8.72	8.62
Throid stimulating hormone
	DF			Anova SS				Mean square			F-value		P-value
Ploid	1			30,475.440				7,618.860			248.055		<0.0001
Sex	3			438.095				54.049			007.612		<0.9024
Interaction	7			5,762.451				1,382.093			029.588		<0.0459
Thyroxine
	DF			Anova SS				Mean square			F-value		P-value
Ploid	1			34,259.1				67,591.4			548.4		<0.0001
Sex	3			5,711.0				896.1			16.2		<0.7841
Interaction	7			45,867.5				12,438.1			121.5		<0.0446

^*Each values are means±S.D. of triplicate experiment. Differences between ploid and sex/stage are significant at this ^*Each values are means±S.D. of triplicate experiment. Differences between ploid and sex/stage are significant at this level (P<0.05).