Table 1 The effects of parent food level, offspring food level and an interaction between them on the fitness components of emergence time, adult size, survival, blood meal size and fecundity. * = <0.05, ** = <0.01, *** = <0.001, **** = <0.0001
From: The effect of parental rearing conditions on offspring life history in Anopheles stephensi
| Fitness | Effects | Test Statistic | p | Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| component | |||||
| 1 | Emergence time (days) | ||||
| Parental food | χ2 = 2.7 | 0.09 | |||
| Offspring food | χ2 = 699.7 | <0.0001 | *** | ||
| Gender | χ2 = 41.4 | <0.0001 | *** | ||
| Parental*Offspring | χ2 = 1.2 | 0.21 | |||
| 2 | Size (wing length) | ||||
| Parental food | F1,593 = 1.2 | 0.27 | |||
| Offspring food | F1,594 = 2567 | <0.0001 | *** | ||
| Gender | F1,594 = 900 | <0.0001 | *** | ||
| Parental*Offspring | F1,592 = 0.7 | 0.39 | |||
| 3a | Survival (days) | ||||
| Parental food | χ2 = 1.1 | 0.30 | |||
| Offspring food | χ2 = 96.7 | <0.0001 | *** | ||
| Gender | χ2 = 1.9 | 0.17 | |||
| Parental*Offspring | χ2 = 1.1 | 0.30 | |||
| 3b | controlling for offspring adult size | Parental food | χ2 = 0.8 | 0.38 | |
| Offspring food | χ2 = 62.9 | <0.0001 | *** | ||
| Gender | χ2 = 1.6 | 0.20 | |||
| Parental*Offspring | χ2 = 1.6 | 0.20 | |||
| 4a | Blood meal size (haematin) | ||||
| Parental food | F1,13 = 3.29 | 0.09 | |||
| Offspring food | F1,14 = 7.3 | 0.017 | * | ||
| Parental*Offspring | F1,12 = 0.8 | 0.39 | |||
| 4b | controlling for offspring adult size | Parental food | F1,12 = 3.1 | 0.1 | |
| Offspring food | F1,13 = 6.9 | 0.02 | * | ||
| Parental*Offspring | F1,11 = 0.9 | 0.35 | |||
| 5a | Fecundity (egg number) | ||||
| Parental food | F1,14 = 6.7 | 0.02 | * | ||
| Offspring food | F1,13 = 3.2 | 0.096 | |||
| Parental*Offspring | F1,12 = 2.5 | 0.13 | |||
| 5b | controlling for offspring adult size | Parental food | F1,13 = 5.9 | 0.03 | * |
| Offspring food | F1,12 = 3.0 | 0.1 | |||
| Parental*Offspring | F1,11 = 2.4 | 0.14 | |||
| 5c | controlling for daughters blood meal size | Parental food | F1,11 = 16.7 | 0.0018 | ** |
| Offspring food | F1,11 = 8.0 | 0.016 | * | ||
| Parental*Offspring | F1,11 = 5.6 | 0.037 | * |