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. 2008 Oct 13;8:283. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-283

Table 1.

Summary of results testing for differences between various groups.

Measure Year Spawn Pacific West Atlantic East Atlantic Pop
F P t P F P F P F P F P F P
HL 0.55 0.46 1.22 0.2287 2.32 0.09777 8.27 <0.0001 11.23 <0.0001 44.47 <0.0001 36.48 <0.0001
HW 0.46 0.50 3.88 0.0005 7.31 0.00097 5.4 <0.0001 25.76, 9.13 <0.0001, <0.0001 15.82 <0.0001 23.61 <0.0001
AL 0.04 0.84 -0.56 0.5765 0.61 0.61723 8.86 <0.0001 10.98 <0.0001 4.51 0.0008 8.43 0.0005
TOTAL 0.00 0.98 -0.53 0.598 0.95 0.42989 6.79 <0.0001 10.36 <0.0001 4.4 0.001 2.9 0.0612
MA 3.62 0.06 2.45 0.0194 4.84 0.008 13.23 <0.0001 12.5 <0.0001 0.76 0.5789 8.15 <0.0001

Results for trait differences between measurement events (Measure), 2006 and 2007 West Atlantic sperm traits (Year), among spawnings within an individual (Spawn), among individuals within populations (Pacific, West Atlantic, East Atlantic), and among populations (Pop). For HW, individual differences within West Atlantic reported for 2006 and 2007, respectively, and Pop reflects separate accounting for the West Atlantic population by year. Sperm traits are head length (HL), head width (HW), axoneme length (AL), total length (TOTAL), midpiece area (MA).