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. 2010 Jun 17;36(7):751–758. doi: 10.1007/s10886-010-9812-4

Table 2.

Correlations (r 2) between relative amounts of hydrocarbons present in the cuticular hydrocarbon profile of Linepithema humile

Compoundsa Between colonies Within colonies +/− s.d.
13-,15-,17-MeC35 vs. 13-,15-,17-,19-MeC37 r 2 = 0.863, P < 0.001 r 2 = 0.71 +/− 0.16
5,13,17-triMeC35 vs. 5,13,17-triMeC37 r 2 = 0.943, P < 0.001 r 2 = 0.63 +/− 0.20
5,13,17-triMeC33 vs. 5,13,17-triMeC37 r 2 = 0.375, P = 0.187 r 2 = 0.30 +/− 0.48

a13-methyl-pentatriacontane (13-MeC35), 15-methyl-pentatriacontane (15-MeC35), 17-methyl-pentatriacontane (17-MeC35), 13-methyl-heptatriacontane (13-MeC37), 15-methyl-heptatriacontane (15-MeC37), 17-methyl-heptatriacontane (17-MeC37), 5,3,17-trimethyl-tritriacontane (5,13,17-triMeC33), 5,13,17-trimethyl-pentatriacontane (5,13,17-triMeC35), and 5,13,17-trimethyl-heptatriacontane (5,13,17-triMeC37)