Table 1 Mean±standard error for the total number of matings observed in 1.5-h periods on 3 consecutive days, for sets of five females from the high, low and control lines artificially selected for male mating frequency

From: No detectable genetic correlation between male and female mating frequency in the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni

Selection regime

Replicate

Number of matings

Number of sets assayed

High

1

13.22±0.78

32

High

2

11.97±0.74

32

Control

1

12.50±0.60

32

Control

2

13.62±0.68

32

Low

1

12.78±0.72

32

Low

2

13.09±0.55

32

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