Table 2.
Mean (±s.e.) size and number of sires of litters of females with either a monogamous (M) or polygamous (P) selection history from each of the four enclosure populations. The frequency of multiple paternity (MP) is also given.
| n | litter size |
number of sires |
frequency of MP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | P | M | P | M | P | ||
| A | 11 | 6.3 ± 0.9 | 5.9 ± 0.8 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 2.0 ± 0.4 | 0.75 | 0.57 |
| B | 16 | 7.1 ± 0.6 | 5.4 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| C | 9 | 7.2 ± 1.6 | 6.3 ± 1.6 | 2.8 ± 0.6 | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| D | 10 | 4.3 ± 0.7 | 7.0 ± 0.9 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 0.33 | 0.57 |
| total | 46 | 6.6 ± 0.5 | 6.1 ± 0.4 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 1.9 ± 0.2 | 0.65 ± 0.15 | 0.66 ± 0.11 |