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. 2009 Nov 4;277(1682):689–696. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1822

Table 3.

Evolutionary rates and correlations of body and genital sizes based on phylogenetically independent contrasts. Standardized contrasts with the same letter do not differ significantly by Wilcoxon sign test (after sequential Bonferroni correction).

regression of genital size on body size
character absolute value of standardized contrast (mean ± s.e.) slope t p
male body size 0.0140 ± 0.00176bc
male genital size 0.0233 ± 0.00321a 1.403 ± 0.171 8.21 <0.0001
female body size 0.0136 ± 0.00159c
female genital size 0.0196 ± 0.00257ab 1.217 ± 0.150 8.12 <0.0001