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. 2021 Oct 11;118(42):e2104673118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2104673118

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

Relationships between mating states and ovarian development of sexually mature transient (gregarious-behaving) (A–D) and solitarious desert locust females (E–H). (A and E) Daily terminal oocyte development of group-reared gregarious-behaving (A) and individually reared solitarious locusts (E). Each box plot displays the median value with the ends of the boxes representing the 25th and 75th percentiles and the ends of the lines representing the 10th and 90th percentiles. Different letters above each box indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 (Tukey–Kramer HSD test). Frequency of different sized eggs (B and F) and length of terminal oocyte or mature eggs in the oviduct of mating pairs (C and G) or single females (i.e., not guarded by a male) (D and H). Numbers in parentheses indicate sample sizes. Gray zones indicate the size of mature eggs. Note that only transient males display lekking behavior, and most mating occurred in leks.