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Table 5 Pearson correlation between hepatic MT expression levels and metal concentrations in fish in different seasons

From: Seasonal assessment of some heavy metal pollution and Metallothionein gene expression in cultured Oreochromis niloticus

Metal

Correlation coefficient with MT expression

p value

Pb

0.609**

< 0.001

Zn

0.037

0.87

Cu

0.752**

< 0.001

  1. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)