Fig 4. Shoaling Preference Experiment.

Average time (s) ± SE females spent near the stimulus females in (A.) the interacting zone and (B.) the preference zone. Females spent significantly more time with the clonal sisters (red) on a different diet in both zones (preference zone: t₍₂₃₎ = 2.792, p = 0.010; interaction zone: t₍₂₃₎ = 2.909, p = 0.008) when compared to non-sisters (blue) on a different diet. They also tended to spend more time with clonal sisters on a different diet to non-sisters on the same diet (preference zone: t₍₂₃₎ = 2.027, p = 0.054), and with clonal sisters in general, regardless of diet, that with non-sisters (interaction zone: t₍₄₇₎ = 2.132, p = 0.038).