Table 2.

The effect of time (age) on virgin immune gene expression. (Each gene was assayed at 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after the experimental group mated in order to determine whether a temporal effect on gene expression existed. F-statistics based on single-factor ANOVAs performed separate for each gene and sex. See table 1 for gene abbreviations.)

sex	gene	F-statistics	significance
female	attA	F6,38=0.80	p=0.5726
	mtk	F6,38=1.36	p=0.2557
	sp7	F6,38=0.59	p=0.7383
male	attA	F6,32=0.88	p=0.5230
	mtk	F6,32=1.46	p=0.2217
	sp7	F6,32=0.82	p=0.5649