Table 2 Tissue- and sex-specificity of methylcytosine (mC) content (%) in control rats
|  | mC content in leukocyte, brain, and liver DNA (mean ± SD) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex (n) | Leukocytes | P | Brain | P | Liver | P |
Male (10) | 3.843 ± 0.042 | 0.028 | 3.650 ± 0.023 | 0.791 | 3.412 ± 0.033 | 0.496 |
Female (10) | 3.771 ± 0.048 |  | 3.652 ± 0.031 |  | 3.426 ± 0.027 |  |