Identification and characterisation of microsatellite DNA markers in order to recognise the WSSV susceptible populations of marine giant black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon

Table 2 The absolute WSSV copy number at 72 hours post WSSV challenge

Sl No	DNA Marker	Mean copy number μg ⁻¹ of total extracted DNA at 72 hours post challenge		p -Value	Significance
Sl No	DNA Marker	WSSV Susceptible shrimps	WSSV Resistant shrimps	p -Value	Significance
1	442 bp	7.2 × 10⁶	1.78 × 10³	<0.001**	HS
2	236 bp	6.2 × 10⁶	1.4 × 10³	<0.001***	HS

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