| The concentration of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA)was reviewed, as well as the RNA/DNA coefficient, in white muscle and liver of Mugil brasiliensis adult females caught at the Mar Chiquita Coastal Laggon (37°30'S, 57°20'W)between September and March. Countrary to what observations in other species (Lepomis macrochirus and Clarias batrachus)have shown, i.e., a decrease in muscle RNA/DNA during gonadal maturation, Mugil brasiliensis would seem to maintain a proteic balance in equilibrium during the said period. No significant correlation was found between IGS and the RNA, DNA and RNA/DNA muscular variables. |
