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. 2004 Jul 1;101(28):10374–10379. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402481101

Table 1. Numbers of offspring and sex ratios produced by female wasps mated to diploid males or haploid males.

Female Sons Daughters Dead Total Sex ratio
Broods with diploid fathers
1 40 0 8 48 1.00
2 4 27 9 40 0.13
3 9 36 7 52 0.20
4 2 20 14 36 0.09
5 2 15 12 29 0.12
6 8 13 14 35 0.38
7 33 2 8 43 0.94
8 2 10 21 33 0.17
9 11 14 5 30 0.44
10 8 28 8 44 0.22
11 13 15 5 33 0.46
12 1 22 12 35 0.04
13 16 16 8 40 0.50
14 10 12 8 30 0.45
15 21 16 6 43 0.57
16 7 12 6 25 0.37
Total 187 258 151 596
Mean 11.7 16.1 9.4 37.3 0.38
Broods with haploid fathers
17 0 7 11 18 0.00
18 6 23 13 42 0.21
19 7 32 10 49 0.18
20 2 17 6 25 0.11
21 5 13 10 28 0.28
22 2 22 12 36 0.08
23 3 20 9 32 0.13
24 2 21 8 31 0.09
25 0 21 5 26 0.00
26 5 19 1 25 0.21
27 2 30 7 39 0.06
28 4 28 4 36 0.13
Total 38 253 96 387
Mean 3.2 21.1 8.0 32.3 0.12