Seventy-two hours postfertilization anatomical measurements. (a) Larvae exposed at 72 hpf displayed no significant differences in eye diameter after 1 week of recovery. (b) Though significant differences in length were observed (p = 0.014), BPA- and vehicle-treated animals were not different. (c) Eye diameter was significantly increased in both low and high BPA exposure groups at the 2 week time point (p = 0.006). (d) No significant differences in notochord length were evident after 2 weeks of recovery. At each recovery point n = 5 for all treatment groups. Differences in notochord length and eye diameter across treatment were assessed using a one-way ANOVA followed by a Tukey post hoc test at each exposure age. Eye diameter measurements were normalized to notochord lengths prior to statistical analysis. All values are reported as mean ± SE. Different letters denote significance.
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