Table 2.
Difference in body composition of breeding females between selection lines, correcting for replicate and body size
| Trait | Line | Replicate | Tarsus Length | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | df | P | F | df | P | F | df | P | |
| Body Mass | |||||||||
| Total Body Mass | 3.33 | 52 | 0.074 | 0.51 | 51 | 0.480 | 40.89 | 53 | < 0.001 |
| Non-Repro. Mass | 1.92 | 62 | 0.171 | 0.34 | 61 | 0.561 | 39.19 | 63 | < 0.001 |
| Reproductive and Associated Organs | |||||||||
| Repro. Organs | 7.15 | 51 | 0.010 | 9.32 | 51 | 0.004 | 19.73 | 51 | <0.001 |
| Liver | 0.94 | 62 | 0.336 | 0.02 | 61 | 0.891 | 3.99 | 63 | 0.050 |
| Protein and Lipid Reserves | |||||||||
| Pectoral Muscles | 1.65 | 61 | 0.204 | 19.19 | 62 | <0.001 | 37.09 | 62 | <0.001 |
| Body Fat | 0.00 | 32 | 0.958 | - | - | - | 0.00 | 31 | 0.994 |
Significant results are displayed in bold. DF is the denominator degrees of freedom. Numerator degrees of freedom was 1 in all cases. Repro. is abbreviation for Reproductive