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. 2013 Jun 10;8(6):e66064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066064

Table 1. Musculus females perform assortative mate choice.

Mean ± SE N♀ (%)
Mus ♂ Dom ♂ P Mus ♂ Dom ♂
Mount attempt 75±24 11±6 0.15 7 (100) 4 (57)
Female rejection 0±0 0±0 NS 0 (0) 0 (0)
Mount 7±1 3±2 0.18 7 (100) 2 (29)
Ejaculation 0.7±0.3 0±0 0.09 4* (57) 0 (0)

Male mount attempts, female rejection behavior, mounts, and ejaculations are presented in average (Mean ± SE) and for individual females (N and percentage).

*

indicates that one out of four females received 2 ejaculations from the musculus male during the one hour test. P values of Wilcoxon test comparing musculus and domesticus means are also presented (Mus, musculus; Dom, domesticus; NS, not significant).