Table 1.

Statistical analysis of substrate choice throughout the post-embryonal development of D. melanogaster.

Developmental time points (AEL)	N	Preference index	Statistics Dunn’s multiple comparison	Event	CI
36 h	32	0.57	*p < 0.001	1st molt	0.44–0.63
48 h	24	0.33			0.30–0.52
60 h	31	0.77	*p < 0.002	2nd molt	0.59–0.73
72 h	33	0.53			0.41–0.55
84 h	16	0.65	*p < 0.001	Feeding L3	0.51–0.69
96 h	32	0.47			0.38–0.53
108 h	16	0.43	*Comparison 84 h AEL p < 0.017	Wandering L3	0.35–0.54
120 h	16	0.35	*Comparison 84 h AEL p < 0.001		0.27–0.45