Effects of Inbreeding on Genetic Characteristic, Growth, Survival Rates, and Immune Responses of a New Inbred Line of Exopalaemon carinicauda

Table 5

Comparative analysis of growth-related traits between EC4 inbred line and control population.

Trait	Group	Growth stages
		60 days	80 days	100 days	120 days
Body weight (g)	Control population	^a	^a	^a	^a
	7	^b	^b	^b	^ab
	8	^bc	^bc	^b	^bc
	9	^bc	^c	^b	^bc
	10	^c	^c	^c	^c
	11	^c	^c	^c	^c
Body length (mm)	Control population	^a	^a	^a	^a
	7	^ab	^ab	^ab	^ab
	8	^c	^bc	^ab	^ab
	9	^bc	^c	^bc	^b
	10	^c	^c	^c	^b
	11	^c	^d	^c	^b
Survival rate (%)	Control population	^a	^a	^a	^a
	7	^ab	^ab	^ab	^ab
	8	^ab	^ab	^ab	^ab
	9	^b	^b	^b	^ab
	10	^ab	^ab	^b	^b
	11	^b	^b	^b	^b