Table 1. Average (± SE) nutrient content and results of ANOVAs comparing of the low quality fruit flies (reared on the standard Drosophila media) and high quality flies (reared on media supplemented with dog food media).
Variable | Low quality | High quality | F | P |
Mass | 0.334±0.012 | 0.310±0.016 | 2.16' | 0.15 |
Percent C | 51.81±0.21 | 51.62±0.14 | 0.53* | 0.47 |
Percent N | 8.92±0.14 | 9.32±0.14 | 4.34* | 0.04 |
C∶N | 6.79±0.11 | 6.48±0.10 | 4.52* | 0.04 |
Lipid | 23.3±0.43 | 20.3±1.16 | 5.96∧ | 0.02 |
Protein | 54.0±0.94 | 58.0±1.46 | 5.31∧ | 0.03 |
Lipid∶Protein | 0.43±0.01 | 0.36±0.03 | 6.94∧ | 0.01 |
Symbols indicate:
F1,56;
F1,36 and
F1,24.