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Table 2 Pairwise comparisons of oocyst infection rate between conditions

From: Gregarine parasites are adapted to mosquito winter diapause

Dataset

Condition 1 in the comparison

Condition 2 in the comparison

z-ratio

P-value

Significance

Females

Parasite stored for 1 month at 26 °C

Parasite stored for 1 month at 4 °C

− 3.353

4.4 × 10–3

**

Parasite stored for 1 month at 26 °C

Infection with fresh oocysts

− 4.344

1 × 10–4

***

Parasite stored for 1 month at 26 °C

Non-infected mosquitoes

0.341

0.99

 

Parasite stored for 1 month at 4 °C

Infection with fresh oocysts

− 1.757

0.30

 

Parasite stored for 1 month at 4 °C

Non-infected mosquitoes

3.459

3 × 10–3

**

Infection with fresh oocysts

Non-infected mosquitoes

4.372

1 × 10–4

***

Males

Parasite stored for 1 month at 26 °C

Parasite stored for 1 month at 4 °C

− 3.351

4.5 × 10–3

**

Parasite stored for 1 month at 26 °C

Infection with fresh oocysts

− 3.601

1.8 × 10–3

**

Parasite stored for 1 month at 26 °C

Non-infected mosquitoes

0

1

 

Parasite stored for 1 month at 4 °C

Infection with fresh oocysts

− 0.396

0.98

 

Parasite stored for 1 month at 4 °C

Non-infected mosquitoes

3.351

4.5 × 10–3

**

Infection with fresh oocysts

Non-infected mosquitoes

3.601

1.8 × 10–3

**

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P  < 0.01, *** P < 0.001