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. 2015 Oct 20;5(12):2693–2709. doi: 10.1534/g3.115.021436

Table 1. Mean female body size (measured as wing length), spermathecae size, estimated sperm number, and number of eggs and larvae in large-group mating cages for the four experimental mating combinations.

Variable M KIL × F KIL M Mopti × F Mopti Supermales × F KIL Supermales × F Mopti
Female Wing Length (mm) 2.92 (2.89–2.95) 2.93 (2.90–2.96) 2.93 (2.90–2.95) 2.93 (2.90–2.96)
73 73 70 70
Spermathecae Size (mm2) 0.048 (0.046–0.050) 0.046 (0.044–0.047) 0.049 (0.047–0.051) 0.047 (0.045–0.049)
49 49 47 46
Sperm Numbera 669.6 (467.9–958.1) 356 (255.5–498.08) 521.9 (370.8–734.3) 344.0 (248.1–477.0)
20 23 22 24
Eggs per Female 70.2 (57.7–82.7) 64.0 (49.5–78.5) 64.6 (50.1–79.1) 66.2 (52.1–80.3)
23 17 17 18
Larvae per Female 39.4 (29.6–49.1) 35.9 (24.5–47.2) 39.6 (28.3–51.0) 33.9 (22.9–45.0)
23 17 17 18

Ninety-five percent confidence intervals are in brackets and sample sizes in italics.

a

Antilog values of the least squares-mean log-transformed sperm number estimates are presented here.