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Table 2 Percentage of Type I pseudocopulation grouped by male taxon (all mate trials involving male D. m. baja , male D. m. mojavensis , etc.), for each mate group (CS = conspecific pairing, HT = heterotypic pairing HS = heterospecific pairing)

From: The role of aedeagus size and shape in failed mating interactions among recently diverged taxa in the Drosophila mojavensisspecies cluster

Species

%CS^

%HT

%HS^

D. m. baja

30.0

28.0

18.2

D. m. mojavensis

0.0

11.1

0.0

D. m. sonorensis

10.5

17.2

N/A

D. m. wrigleyi

7.4

17.2

29.4

D. arizonae*

0.0

-

91.7

  1. * = significant among mating group type (horizontal), ^ = significant among taxa (vertical) using Fisher’s Exact test for multiple pairwise comparisons with Bonferroni correction (α = 0.05). (“-” denotes no HT cross exists for D. arizonae.).
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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