Table 1 Frequencies of male thanatosis and female gift control in PG (protein fly gift), FG (fly gift), WG (worthless gift) and NG (no gift) groups.
From: Worthless donations: male deception and female counter play in a nuptial gift-giving spider
PG (n = 20) | FG (n = 20) | WG (n = 12) | NG (n = 9) | Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
χ2 | P | DF | |||||
Male thanatosis | 12 a | 11 a | 1 b | 0 | 12.1 | = 0.006 | 3 |
Female gift control | 20 a | 20 a | 1 b | - | 40.0 | < 0.00001 | 2 |