Table 1.
Results from LME models analysing the effects of sire diet on body size of juvenile (a) and adult (b) offspring, (c) sperm velocity and (d) sperm counts. SL, standard length.
| (a) juvenile body size | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| random effect | variance | s.d. | |
| dam ID | 0.15 | 0.38 | |
| residual | 0.14 | 0.37 | |
| fixed effects | χ2 | d.f. | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| diet treatment | 5.96 | 1 | 0.015 |
| dam SL (covariate) | 0.94 | 1 | 0.331 |
| (b) adult body size | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| random effect | variance | s.d. | |
| dam ID | 0.46 | 0.68 | |
| residual | 1.59 | 1.26 | |
| fixed effects | χ2 | d.f. | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| diet treatment | 0.36 | 1 | 0.56 |
| sex | 61.5 | 2 | <0.0001 |
| diet × sex | 0.49 | 2 | 0.78 |
| (c) sperm velocity (VCL) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| random effect | variance | s.d. | |
| dam ID | 4.10 | 2.02 | |
| residual | 215.48 | 14.68 | |
| fixed effects | χ2 | d.f. | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| diet treatment | 1.64 | 1 | 0.20 |
| (d) Sperm count (×103) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| random effect | variance | s.d. | |
| dam ID | 1 869 018 | 1367 | |
| residual | 8 194 814 | 2863 | |
| fixed effects | χ2 | d.f. | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| diet treatment | 0.20 | 1 | 0.65 |