Table 1 Protein and nucleic acid (total DNA and RNA) contents and RNA/DNA ratios in the liver tissues of the initial, fed, and starved groups of rock bream, Oplegnathus fasciatus^*

	Protein (mg/g)	DNA (mg/g)	RNA (mg/g)	RNA-DNA ratio
Initial	417.7 ± 1.31a	0.3 ± 0.05a	1.7 ± 0.43a	4.87
Fed	16.1 ± 1.75a	0.5 ± 0.03b	2.6 ± 0.39b	5.50
Starved	24.2 ± 6.73b	0.7 ± 0.06c	1.4 ± 0.10a	1.94

^*Data are means ± SD (n = 10 for each group). In each column, means with different lower-case superscript letters are significantly different (Duncan’s multiple range test, P < 0.05).