Cod Serum Vg and Maturity

from AL 98-11, AL 99-03 and GL 99-01

Table I. The correlation between visual assignment of maturation state by visual inspection of the ovary (left axis in yellow) supplemented by immunological characterization using anti-cod_Lv-serum (top axis in blue). The number of true positives (green background) and the number of apparent falsifications (pink background) are interpretive hypotheses of the use of the antiserum.

Truth Table
		Antiserum Prediction^A
		Imature^I	Developing^D	Ripe^R	Running^U	Spent^S	Resting^T	Sum
C u t t e r ID	Imature	38	0	0	0	0	0	38
	Developing	12	8	0	0	0	0	20
	Ripe	0	2	2	0	0	0	4
	Running	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Spent	0	0	0	0	9	8	17
	Resting	0	0	0	0	17	72	89
							females:	168

							males:	210
							Vg-males:	4

^A- Rabbit antiserum against heat-stable and gel filtration purified cod Lipovitellin.
^I- should have no Vg.
^D - should have high Vg.
^R - should have stopped Vg synthesis.
^U - rare individuals during these cruises.
^S - might have Lipovitellin (Lv) from involuting follicles which would react with Ab
^T - should have zero Vg or Lv in their serum?

Last Updated on 10/6/99
By Joseph G. Kunkel