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by rainforest 4583 days ago
According to ยง2.3, there were 200 (100 of each sex)[1]. These 200 were divided into groups of 10. One group per sex was control (standard feed, water), 6 per sex had different amounts of GMO food and 3 per sex had normal feed + Roundup-treated water.

I don't feel confident attempting to interpret or criticise the results, but I did notice there weren't any null hypothesis tests; could anyone with more experience in biostatistics say whether or not their analysis is the norm?

[1] : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691512...

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There are some weird results in there. Table 2 has the results for males in a format that's pretty easy to eyeball.

The pituitary results are particularly weird. The more GMO you eat, the fewer anomalies you have. The more Roundup you drink, the fewer anomalies you have. Actually, that last comment holds true for every category in the last three (R) groups. Drinking Roundup is always worse than the control group, but the more Roundup you drink the closer to the control group the results become.