Table 1 Posterior means, standard deviations (i.e. SD) and 95% credible intervals for all the measured traits, and how they contribute to (a) survival in the first generation, (b) development time and body mass in the first generation, (c) survival in the second generation, (d) development time and body mass in the second generation, and (e) relative lipid content (%) in the second generation.

From: Sublethal Pyrethroid Insecticide Exposure Carries Positive Fitness Effects Over Generations in a Pest Insect

  

Parameter

Mean

SD

2.5%

97.5%

(a) Survival in the first generation

24 h larval survival

Intercept

β 11

−1.06

1.972

−4.689

2.979

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

β 21

0.42

0.696

−0.896

1.807

Larval body mass

ε

−0.73

0.584

−1.980

0.278

Total larval survival

Intercept

β 12

−0.96

0.211

−1.382

−0.555*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

β 22

0.07

0.292

−0.502

0.641

Pupal survival

Intercept

β 13

−1.62

0.298

−2.231

−1.057*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

β 23

−0.03

0.419

−0.861

0.791

Adult survival

Intercept

β 14

−1.95

0.371

−2.722

−1.271*

Within−generational treatment: insecticide

β 24

−1.35

0.741

−2.890

0.024

(b) Development time and body mass in the first generation

Development time (log days)

Intercept

α 11

3.38

0.006

3.369

3.393*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

α 21

−0.002

0.007

−0.015

0.012

Sex: male

α 31

−0.02

0.007

−0.032

−0.005*

Emergence body mass (mg)

Intercept

α 12

122.77

1.906

119.075

126.568*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

α 22

−0.39

2.205

−4.660

3.953*

Sex: male

α 32

−18.38

2.258

−22.888

−13.963*

Body mass at the age of 10 days (mg)

Intercept

α 13

164.93

2.900

159.289

170.493*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

α 23

7.00

3.388

0.364

13.690*

Sex: male

α 33

−31.83

3.401

−38.483

−25.129*

(c) Survival in the second generation

24 h larval survival

Intercept

δ 11

−6.66

1.762

−10.203

−3.222*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

δ 21

2.06

0.874

0.582

4.011*

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

δ 31

1.02

0.947

−0.680

3.057

Maternal 10-day mass

δ 41

0.01

0.009

−0.007

0.027

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

δ 51

−1.70

1.073

−3.954

0.291

Total larval survival

Intercept

δ 12

0.51

0.596

−0.670

1.689

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

δ 22

0.29

0.199

−0.096

0.682

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

δ 32

−0.56

0.210

−0.975

−0.152*

Maternal 10-day mass

δ 42

−0.004

0.003

−0.010

0.003

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

δ 52

−0.32

0.293

−0.898

0.259

Pupal survival

Intercept

δ 13

0.52

0.589

−0.641

1.668

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

δ 23

0.18

0.196

−0.201

0.565

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

δ 33

−0.58

0.207

−0.986

−0.175*

Maternal 10-day mass

δ 43

−0.004

0.003

−0.010

0.003

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

δ 53

−0.22

0.290

−0.799

0.336

Adult survival

Intercept adult mortality (no interaction, too many had died not enough combinations to estimate the interaction)

δ 14

−7.26

4.126

−15.692

0.522

Within-generational treatment

δ 24

1.00

0.971

−0.774

3.083

Transgenerational treatment

δ 34

−1.48

1.043

−3.792

0.398

Maternal 10-day mass

δ 44

0.02

0.023

−0.027

0.061

(d) Development time and body mass in the second generation

Development time (log days)

Intercept

γ 11

3.37

0.025

3.317

3.413*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

γ 21

<0.001

0.009

−0.019

0.018

Sex: male

γ 31

−0.03

0.009

−0.045

−0.008*

Sex * transgenerational treatment

γ 41

0.04

0.013

0.012

0.061*

Transgenerational treatment

γ 51

−0.02

0.011

−0.042

<0.001

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

γ 61

−0.005

0.013

−0.030

0.019

Maternal 10-day mass

γ 71

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Emergence body mass (mg)

Intercept

γ 12

107.83

4.973

98.018

117.455*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

γ 22

1.35

1.922

−2.373

5.135

Sex: male

γ 32

−12.16

1.907

−15.885

−8.429*

Sex * Transgenerational treatment

γ 42

−2.76

2.512

−7.738

2.145

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

γ 52

4.85

2.167

0.625

9.109*

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

γ 62

−1.99

2.525

−6.845

2.983

Maternal 10-day mass

γ 72

0.03

0.027

−0.021

0.084

Body mass at the age of 7 days (mg)

Intercept

γ 13

176.37

8.760

159.017

193.616*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

γ 23

3.02

3.355

−3.543

9.624

Sex: male

γ 33

−28.31

3.351

−34.988

−21.657*

Sex * transgenerational treatment

γ 43

−7.98

4.448

−16.644

0.829

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

γ 53

7.36

3.763

−0.002

14.525

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

γ 63

−1.10

4.434

9.815

7.519*

Maternal 10-day mass

γ 73

0.01

0.047

−0.083

0.102

Body mass at the age of 14 days (mg)

Intercept

γ 14

142.12

6.435

129.316

154.637*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

γ 24

−0.37

2.471

−5.260

4.602

Sex: male

γ 34

−15.55

2.478

−20.440

−10.663*

Sex * transgenerational treatment

γ 44

−3.21

3.301

−9.737

3.357

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

γ 54

4.06

2.806

−1.499

9.458

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

γ 64

0.91

3.258

−5.293

7.389

Maternal 10-day mass

γ 74

0.03

0.035

−0.042

0.094

(e) Relative lipid content (%) in the second generation

Relative lipid content (%)

Intercept

γ 15

−1.42

0.119

−1.650

−1.187*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

γ 25

−0.03

0.046

−0.118

0.062

Sex: male

γ 35

0.06

0.030

0.004

0.122*

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

γ 45

−0.04

0.042

−0.118

0.047

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

γ 55

0.06

0.060

−0.054

0.181

Maternal 10-day mass

γ 65

<0.001

0.001

−0.001

0.002

Water content (%)

Intercept

γ 16

0.07

0.073

−0.070

0.213

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

γ 26

0.006

0.028

−0.050

0.062

Sex: male

γ 36

−0.02

0.019

−0.057

0.016

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

γ 46

0.003

0.026

−0.049

0.054

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

γ 56

−0.02

0.038

−0.090

0.058

Maternal 10-day mass

γ 66

<0.001

<0.001

−0.001

<0.001

Dry mass (%)

Intercept

γ 17

−0.89

0.038

−0.963

−0.815*

Within-generational treatment: insecticide

γ 27

0.01

0.014

−0.017

0.040

Sex: male

γ 37

−0.02

0.009

−0.041

−0.004*

Transgenerational treatment: insecticide

γ 47

0.005

0.013

−0.021

0.030

Within-generational treatment * transgenerational treatment

γ 57

−0.01

0.019

−0.047

0.028

Maternal 10-day mass

γ 67

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  1. Parameters with posterior probabilities greater than 95% are marked with *, and those with moderate effects are marked with.