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Figure 3

From: Hemiclonal analysis of interacting phenotypes in male and female Drosophila melanogaster

Figure 3

Female responsiveness and female choosiness for male attractiveness. Each individual plot represents data collected from one female hemiclone line for the time to mating with 11 different male hemiclones (excluding the intercrosses). Female responsiveness is measured as the mean mating speed among female hemiclone lines and is evident in the variation among lines in the height of the means. Female choosiness is measured as the variance of that mean (responsiveness) with the choosiest females having the most variance in responses. Differences in the height of mating speed indicate male attractiveness, i.e. the faster the mating speed (lower y-values), the more attractive the male. Male hemiclone lines are ordered from the most attractive (A) to the least attractive (L), left to right, along the x- axis.

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