Effects of larval growth condition and water availability on desiccation resistance and its physiological basis in adult Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto

Table 3 Statistical analysis of carry-over effects of phenotypic quality and water availability

Parameter	Sample size (n)	%Variance explained (r²)	Phenotypic quality T-ratio or Z^†	Hydric stress T-ratio or Z^†	Interaction T-ratio
Wet mass	223	0.168	-4.55 ***	-3.98 ***	2.43 *
Dry mass	223	0.079	-2.70 **	-3.44 ***	NS
Water content	223	0.103	-3.45 ***	-2.36 *	2.54 *
Glycogen content^†	75	-	3.63 ***	-1.07	-
Lipid content	74	0.074	-1.64	-2.06 *	NS

† General linear models were used to analyze parametric data and 2 Mann-Whitney's tests were used to analyse glycogen due to non-normally distributed data (interaction not tested).
Statistical analyses of the effects of female phenotypic quality and water availability on physiological and metabolite parameters at the end of the desiccation challenge. All parameters were corrected for body size (see methods for details). P-values are * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, NS not significant.

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