Growth Patterns and Growth-Axis Gene Expressions in Sexual Dimorphism of Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758

Table 4

Allometric analysis of morphological traits to weight between male and female S. asotus in 3, 5, and 7 months.

Independent variable	Allometry scaling	3 months				5 months				7 months
		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female		Male
		Est.	Std. E	Est.	Std. E	Est.	Std. E	Est.	Std. E	Est.	Std. E	Est.	Std. E
Body length	b1	1.471	0.117	0.622	0.110	1.780	0.857	0.707	0.248	1.807	0.218	1.044	0.205
Body width	b2	0.504	0.097					0.690	0.300
Body depth	b3			0.917	0.331					0.661	0.059	0.810	0.065
Head length	b4	0.864	0.208					1.425	0.604			0.770	0.057
Head width	b5											0.583	0.041
Head depth	b6	0.719	0.188	0.207	0.048					0.189	0.083
Snout length	b7			0.517	0.224	−0.360	0.054	−0.881	0.341
Postorbital head length	b8
Eye diameter	b9									0.464	0.063	0.278	0.044
Interorbital width	b10			0.530	0.249
Caudal peduncle depth	b11					0.257	0.089
Caudal fin length	b12			0.473	0.060	0.153	0.056					0.537	0.062
Pelvic fin precoxal length	b13	0.162	0.057			0.237	0.094	0.408	0.116	0.614	0.078	0.553	0.062
Length between pelvic fin and anal fin	b14

Note. Est. means estimate and Std. E means standard error.