Effects of replacing fish oil with palm oil in diets of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) on muscle biochemical composition, enzyme activities, and mRNA expression of growth-related genes

Table 6 Correlations among growth-related gene expression values and relevant muscle fatty acids, lipid, protein, and wg, fcr, and sgr

Genes	Fas	Pearson R	p value
Pax-	18:2(n-6) (LA)	− 0.938	0.019
GH	n-3/n-6	0.926	0.024
Psma-α5	16:1(n-9)	0.887	0.045
Psma-α5	MUFA	0.986	0.002
Capn-3	18:3(n-3) (LNA)	0.858	0.050
Igf-I	14:0	− 0.953	0.012
Igf-I	16:3n-3	− 0.879	0.049
Igf-I	n-3	− 0.864	0.050
Igf-I	20:4n-3	0.878	0.050
Igf-II	14:0	− 0.886	0.045
Igf-II	20:0	− 0.897	0.003
Igf-II	18:1(n-9)	0.898	0.038
Igf-II	16:3(n-3)	− 0.893	0.041
Igf-II	20:(5n-3) (EPA)	− 0.967	0.007
Igf-II	22:(6n-3) (DHA)	− 0.993	0.001
Igf-II	n-3	− 0.994	0.001
Igf-II	PUFA	− 0.879	0.005
Igf-II	SFA/PUFA	0.886	0.049
Igf-II	n-3/n-6	− 0.910	0.032
Igf-II	Protein	0.926	0.024
MyoG	Lipid	− 0.849	0.040

Pax-7 paired box protein 7, Igf-I insulin-like growth factor-I, Igf-II insulin-like growth factor-II, GH growth hormone, Psma-α 5 proteasome subunit alpha type-5, Capn-3 caplain-3, MyoD myoblast determination protein, MyoG myogenin, LA linoleic acid, LNA linolenic, ARA arachidonic acid, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA docosahexaenoic acid, SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid