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. 2000 Oct 24;97(23):12637–12642. doi: 10.1073/pnas.220041397

Table 4.

Components of sexual behavior of D. melanogaster from “Evolution Canyon” in single-choice tests

Model â1 1 1 ŷ1 â2 2 2 ŷ2 ln L(θ) χ2 (df) H0 P
M1 = general (no restrictions) 0.900 0.999 0.648 0.718 0.999 0.913 0.641 0.538 −121.53
M2 = full receptivity of NFS females and
full activity of SFS males b1 = a2 = 1 0.900 1 0.648 0.718 1 0.912 0.641 0.538 −121.53 0.00 (2) M1 NS
M3 = M2 and full receptivity of SFS females 0.850 1 0.667 0.718 1 1 0.641 0.487 −152.86 144.28 (1) M2 <10−6
M4 = M2 and full activity of NFS males 1 1 0.590 0.718 1 0.850 0.641 0.567 −168.75 217.46 (1) M2 <10−6
M5 = M2 and x1 = x2 0.901 1 0.644 0.718 1 0.912 0.644 0.539 −121.54 0.05 (1) M2 NS
M6 = M2 and x2 = 0.5 and y2 = 0.5 0.898 1 0.649 0.718 1 0.915 0.5 0.5 −122.98 6.68 (2) M2 0.035
M7 = M2 and x2 = 0.5 0.900 1 0.648 0.718 1 0.912 0.5 0.539 −122.90 6.31 (1) M2 0.012
M8 = M2 and y1 = y2 0.906 1 0.646 0.636 1 0.905 0.641 0.636 −122.61 4.97 (1) M2 0.03
M9 = M5 and y2 = 0.5 0.898 1 0.645 0.718 1 0.915 0.645 0.5 −121.62 0.37 (1) M5 NS
M10 = M9 and y1 = 0.5 0.898 1 0.645 0.5 1 0.915 0.645 0.5 −124.95 15.34 (1) M9 0.0001
M11 = M9 and x1 = x2 = 0.5 0.906 1 0.5 0.718 1 0.907 0.5 0.5 −124.31 12.39 (1) M9 0.0004

a1 and a2 denote the activity of NFS and SFS males; b1 and b2, receptivity of NFS and SFS females; x1 and x2, selectivity of NFS and SFS males; y1 and y2, selectivity of NFS and SFS females. M9 is the main model [with all nonsignificant (NS) parameters taken as constant, either 1 or 0.5].