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Table 7 Mean longevity in the virgin and mated flies of eighteen members of the nasuta-albomicans complex of Drosophila (values are mean ± SE of 30 replicates) along with statistical analysis

From: Evolutionary experimentation through hybridization under laboratory condition in Drosophila: Evidence for Recombinational Speciation

Races

Mean longevity of virgins

Mean longevity of mated

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

D. n. nasuta (N)

48.33 ± 1.41

55.53 ± 1.36

40.00 ± 1.24

44.93 ± 1.51

D. n. albomicans(A)

53.96 ± 1.49

63.76 ± 1.29

45.76 ± 1.50

49.56 ± 2.13

Cytorace 1 (C1)

57.20 ± 1.78

64.06 ± 1.53

48.73 ± 2.20

51.06 ± 2.10

Cytorace 2 (C2)

61.66 ± 1.76

64.86 ± 1.50

50.70 ± 2.25

51.76 ± 2.44

Cytorace 3 (C3)

56.83 ± 1.25

69.10 ± 1.51

50.73 ± 2.06

63.90 ± 1.53

Cytorace 4 (C4)

64.76 ± 1.75

74.30 ± 1.51

58.36 ± 1.69

68.96 ± 1.47

Cytorace 5 (C5)

65.83 ± 1.71

75.83 ± 2.67

61.36 ± 1.67

70.93 ± 2.46

Cytorace 6 (C6)

66.23 ± 1.82

69.10 ± 1.45

62.10 ± 1.69

63.26 ± 1.46

Cytorace 7 (C7)

66.46 ± 2.51

76.63 ± 1.59

60.66 ± 2.17

71.73 ± 1.58

Cytorace 8 (C8)

68.60 ± 1.83

83.63 ± 2.73

63.53 ± 1.71

78.33 ± 2.37

Cytorace 9 (C9)

63.53 ± 1.54

72.13 ± 2.24

59.46 ± 1.44

69.86 ± 2.14

Cytorace 10 (C10)

57.70 ± 1.33

69.46 ± 1.42

54.26 ± 1.22

64.30 ± 1.40

Cytorace 11 (C11)

64.56 ± 1.97

75.16 ± 1.03

60.00 ± 1.72

70.06 ± 1.78

Cytorace 12 (C12)

50.66 ± 0.95

73.43 ± 3.73

47.16 ± 1.86

71.50 ± 2.63

Cytorace 13 (C13)

63.66 ± 1.35

73.86 ± 1.87

59.26 ± 1.41

66.23 ± 1.76

Cytorace 14 (C14)

65.00 ± 1.42

74.36 ± 2.52

60.66 ± 1.19

70.96 ± 1.80

Cytorace 15 (C15)

62.66 ± 2.41

70.36 ± 1.72

57.63 ± 2.16

64.30 ± 1.73

Cytorace 16 (C16)

63.06 ± 1.32

69.53 ± 2.02

56.80 ± 1.26

64.43 ± 1.72

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

F = 11.521 d.f.= 17, 522 P < 0.001

F = 9.808 d.f.= 17, 522 P < 0.001

F = 15.659 d.f. = 17, 522 P < 0.001

F = 23.051 d.f.= 17, 522 P < 0.001