Female responses to experimental removal of sexual selection components in Drosophila melanogaster

Table 1 Linear model results on female fecundity

	Estimate	Sum square	d.f.	F _1,13	P
Trial 1
Intercept	409.2	2679442	1	339.15	<0.001
Female type	−74.7	89401	1	11.32	0.0051
Male type	22.9	8372	1	1.06	0.3221
Residuals		102707	13
Trial 2
Intercept	563.6	5081418	1	1709.80	<0.001
Female type	−30.2	14544	1	4.89	0.0455
Male type	−18.5	5476	1	1.84	0.1977
Residuals		38635	13
Trial 3
Intercept	1119.3	20044424	1	3353.02	<0.001
Female type	−47.6	36214	1	6.06	0.0286
Male type	9.4	1406	1	0.24	0.6357
Residuals		77714	13
Trial 4
Intercept	1707.2	46633192	1	2016.38	<0.001
Female type	−65.1	67834	1	2.93	0.1105
Male type	−13.5	2932	1	0.13	0.7275
Residuals		300654	13

Trial 1: Females continuously exposed to males, 18 h oviposition period; Trial 2: Females mated once, 18 h oviposition period; Trial 3: Females mated once, 4 days oviposition period; Trial 4: Females continuously exposed to males, 4 days oviposition period.

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