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Table 1 Female remating behaviour of the two populations in different conditions

From: True polyandry and pseudopolyandry: why does a monandrous fly remate?

Condition

Population

N

True polyandry

Pseudopolyandry

All rematings

Standard

UK

124

4.0% (5)

9.7% (12)

15.3% (19)

Greek

118

3.4% (4)

9.3% (11)

13.6% (16

♂ from other population

UK

77

5.2% (4)

10.4% (8)

19.5% (15)

Greek

102

4.9% (5)

8.8% (9)

14.7% (17)

♂& ♀ stored at 18°C, mating took place at 18°C

UK

43

0.0% (0)

11.6% (5)

11.6% (5)

Greek

34

5.9% (2)

8.8% (3)

20.6% (7)

♂& ♀ stored at 25°C, mating took place at 25°C

UK

36

13.9% (5)

8.3% (3)

30.6% (11)

Greek

30

6.7% (2)

16.7% (5)

30.0% (9)

♂& ♀ stored at18°C, mating took place at 21°C

UK

21

0.0% (0)

19.0% (4)

19.0% (4)

Greek

16

0.0% (0)

6.3% (1)

6.3% (1)

♂& ♀ stored at 25°C, mating took place at 21°C

UK

24

4.2% (1)

8.3% 2)

12.5% (3)

Greek

18

0.0% (0)

5.6% (1)

11.1% (2)

♂ stored at 25°C, ♀ stored at 18°C, mating took place at 21°C

UK

22

0.0% (0)

4.5% (1)

13.6% (3)

Greek

24

12.5% (3)

16.7% (4)

29.2% (7)

♂ stored at 18°C, ♀ stored at 25°C, mating took place at 21°C

UK

18

0.0% (0)

5.6% (1)

5.6% (1)

Greek

20

5.0% (1)

0.0% (0)

5.0% (1)

♂ starved

UK

56

3.6% (2)

10.7% (6)

17.9% (10)

Greek

45

2.2% (1)

15.6% (7)

20.0% (9)

♀ starved

UK

17

0.0% (0)

11.8% 2)

11.8% (2)

Greek

-

-

-

-

♂ &♀ starved

UK

31

6.5% (2)

12.9% (4)

19.4% (6)

Greek

-

-

-

-

All

All

893

4.1% (37)

10.3% (92)

14.4% (152)

  1. The percentage of females showing true polyandry (remating after a fertile first mating), pseudopolyandry (remating after an infertile first mating) and all rematings, for flies from two populations under a variety of experimental conditions. Numbers in brackets are the actual number of females that remated. Standard conditions were females mated with a male from the same population, reared and mated at 21°C, with ample food. Note that the number of all rematings can be greater than pseudo- and true polyandry combined, as females whose mating status could not be determined were still observed to remate. The data for conditions involving starved Greek females is not shown as few mated initially (N = 8 for starved female, fed males, and N = 9 for starved females, starved males), preventing analysis of remating behaviour.