Table 2. Least squares estimates of endopolyploid levels in newly emerged honey bee workers (i.e., "Intercept") and rate of change of endopolyploidy per day (i.e., "Slope") for the five tissues studied.

Tissue	Intercept ***	Slope	R 2	P-value
Brain	0.237	-0.0012	0.45	0.07
Flight Muscle	0.556	-0.0088***	0.59	0.0003
Leg Muscle	0.897	-0.0041*	0.24	0.04
Malpighian tubules	2.056	0.0057	0.23	0.06
Stinger	1.25	-0.0036	0.19	0.08

* P < 0.05

*** P < 0.001