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Table 1 Offspring produced by female NFM isolated in capsules on-host

From: Arrhenotoky and oedipal mating in the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) (Acari: Gamasida: Macronyssidae)

Reproducing Female

Offspring

Mean (±SE)

n

Source

Isolation

# Female

# Male

Proportion Female

P-value

11

Captured

Alone

16

7

0.665 (±0.135)

0.07

9

 

With Male

15

3

0.806 (±0.116)

0.027

12

Raised (virgin)

Alone

0

66

0

0.001

*9

 

With Son

6

5

0.444 (±0.056)

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  1. * Of 9 virgin females paired with a son, only 3 produced daughters that are represented by the offspring summary statistics. P-values were produced by Wilcoxon signed-rank tests of offspring sex ratio against null expectation of 1:1 ratio.
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