Table 1

Tissue samples collected after death from nine adult male Antarctic fur seals
Male ID Approximate time between death and necropsy (hours) Whole RNA concentration (ng/μl)
Testis Heart Spleen Intestine Kidney Lung
Agaz0820 1 900 160 1467 105 550 500
Agaz0821 13 1888 180 1100 650 667 160
Agaz1001 18 578 90 200 34 4 180
Agaz1006 7 432 160 200 115 175 381
Agaz1007 8 500 135 389 160 514 160
Agaz1008 8 1000 75 375 165 446 85
Agaz1009 20 938 115 160 200 408 338
Agaz1010 20 737 120 563 596 534 89
Agaz1011 30 64 737 333 175 115

A testis sample was unavailable from Agaz1011 due to the carcass having been scavenged by giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus and M. halli).

Hoffman et al. BMC Genomics 2013 14:52   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-14-52

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