Weeks Relative growth (%) Specific growth (%) Growth increment (%)
Light period Dark period Light period Dark period Light period Dark period
1 - 33.3 - 22.9 - 0.05
2 37.5 16.6 46.9 15.3 0.06 0.03
3 23.8 28.0 27.1 10.7 0.05 0.07
4 34.3 32.4 42.1 40.4 0.11 0.12
5 30.4 26.0 36.2 18.2 0.14 0.30
6 26.9 19.3 31.4 32.8 0.17 0.12
7 25.0 20.5 28.7 39.2 0.21 0.16
8 21.4 35.0 24.1 30.1 0.23 0.42
9 26.7 20.5 31.0 21.5 0.39 0.31
10 16.0 14.2 17.5 22.9 0.28 0.25
11 10.7 10.2 11.0 10.7 0.21 0.20
Table 1: Relative growth, specific growth and growth increment of the weight under total light and dark conditions.