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

Table 2. Mean female and male body size (measured as wing length), estimated sperm number, and average number of eggs and larvae produced per mated female per individual-male mating cages for each treatment group.

Variable M KIL × F KIL M Mopti × F Mopti Supermales × F KIL Supermales × F Mopti
Female Wing Length (mm) 2.93 (2.92–2.94) 2.95 (2.94–2.96) 2.92 (2.91–2.93) 2.94 (2.93–2.95)
264 318 253 287
Male Wing Length (mm) 2.94 (2.91–2.97) 2.94 (2.91–2.97) 2.94 (2.91–2.97) 2.93 (2.90–2.96)
15 19 15 17
Sperm Numbera 1742.3 (1264.9–2400.0) 2496.1 (1779.1–3502.0) 3170.9 (2218.1–4532.9) 1371.7 (953.2–1974.1)
48 43 39 38
Mean Eggs per Mated Female 5.25 (–3.53–14.04) 22.63 (15.95–29.32) 17.49 (9.97–25.01) 35.91 (28.84–42.98)
11 19 15 17
Mean Larvae per Mated Female 3.10 (–2.79–8.98) 9.42 (4.81–14.1) 11.80 (6.76–16.84) 14.16 (9.42–18.89)
11 18 15 17
Mean Eggs per Male 39.4 (–19.3–98.1) 174.7 (122.5–226.9) 145.4 (86.7–204.1) 299.4 (244.3–354.6)
15 19 15 17
Mean Larvae per Male 23.8 (–13.51–66.1) 71.6 (38.4–104.7) 96.7 (59.4–134.0) 111.1 (59.4–134.0)
15 19 15 17

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.