Table 1. Copulation interruption assays to test for female choice.
First male | CAT1 | Second male after copulation interruption | No successful re-copulations | CAT2 (re-copulation) | p-value CAT1 vs. CAT2 | p-value CAT2(S) vs. CAT2(L) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small | 5.33(0.72) | Small | 9/30 (30%) | 2.11 (0.32) | 0.0162 | 0.015 | |
Large | Large | 21/30 (70%) | 1.90 (0.27) | 0.0257 | |||
Large | 4.53(0.66) | Large | 18/30 (60%) | 2.72 (0.61) | 0.0279 | 0.020 | |
Small | Small | 12/30 (40%) | 2.42 (0.39) | 0.0399 |
CAT–courtship arousal threshold. p- values are from Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon’s tests.