The Company of Biologists

Table 5.

Amount of RNA and DNA in heart ventricles of Antarctic notothenioids

	N. coriiceps (+Hb/+Mb)	C. rastrospinosus (–Hb/+Mb)	C. aceratus (–Hb/–Mb)
Total RNA (mg g^–1 wet mass)	1.01±0.16	0.67±0.08	1.13±0.14
Total DNA (mg g^–1 wet mass)	0.33±0.03	0.24±0.02	0.26±0.02

	N. coriiceps (+Hb/+Mb)	C. rastrospinosus (–Hb/+Mb)	C. aceratus (–Hb/–Mb)
Total RNA (mg g^–1 wet mass)	1.01±0.16	0.67±0.08	1.13±0.14
Total DNA (mg g^–1 wet mass)	0.33±0.03	0.24±0.02	0.26±0.02

Values are means ± s.e.m. (N=8 for RNA measurements; N=6 for DNA measurements)