Table 1.

Ontogeny of dry mass and calcium mass in eggs of oviparous Lacerta (Zootoca) vivipara

		Yolk		Embryo		Eggshell
Embryonic stage	N	Dry mass (mg)	Calcium mass (mg)	Dry mass (mg)	Calcium mass (mg)	Dry mass (mg)	Calcium mass (mg)
Oviductal	8	54.4±1.9^a	0.17±0.01^a			4.3±0.4^a	0.19±0.08^a
Stage 31,32,33^*	10	50.4±1.7^a	0.17±0.01^a	3.8±1.2^a	0.02±0.02^a	8.3±0.3^b	1.21±0.06^b
Stage 36	4	45.7±2.7^a	0.17±0.01^a	5.9±2.4^a^,^b	0.02±0.05^a	8.7±0.6^b	1.22±0.1^b
Stage 37	5	32.1±2.4^b	0.10±0.01^b	14.0±2.1^b	0.14±0.04^a	7.6±0.5^b	1.10±0.09^b
Stage 40	8	18.8±1.9^c	0.03±0.01^c	29.3±1.7^c	0.42±0.03^b	8.4±0.3^b	1.00±0.06^b
Hatchling	10	0.62±1.7^d	0.004±0.01^c	46.2±1.2^d	0.89±0.02^c	7.4±0.4^b	0.72±0.06^c

Sample sizes are number of females (clutches)

Values reported as least squares means ± s.e.m.
↵* Oviposited eggs
↵a–d Comparisons within columns, values with the same letter denotation do not differ significantly (P≤0.05)