Desiccation resistance (time to death), wet weight and weight loss of individual females
| . | . | . | . | % Weight loss . | . | . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | . | Time to death (h) . | Wet weight (g×10-3) . | Total water loss at death . | After drying . | Dry weight (g×10-4) . | ||
| Control lines | 1 | 10.60±2.28 | 1.40±0.13 | 47.36±5.71 | 74.60±2.63 | 3.57±0.57 | ||
| 2 | 13.85±2.01 | 1.40±0.08 | 50.43±6.79 | 76.48±1.98 | 3.29±0.36 | |||
| Selected lines | 1 | 23.70±6.07 | 1.76±0.15 | 60.39±5.81 | 76.64±2.05 | 4.10±1.24 | ||
| 2 | 26.25±4.73 | 1.61±0.11 | 59.22±5.67 | 76.52±2.27 | 3.79±0.43 | |||
| Mean squares for ANOVAsa (d.f.) | ||||||||
| Line (3) | 1140.63*** | 6.15×10-7*** | 278.91*** | 8.35* | 2.35×10-4*** | |||
| Error (76) | 17.15 | 1.41×10-8 | 12.18 | 2.28 | 2.15×10-5 | |||
| . | . | . | . | % Weight loss . | . | . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | . | Time to death (h) . | Wet weight (g×10-3) . | Total water loss at death . | After drying . | Dry weight (g×10-4) . | ||
| Control lines | 1 | 10.60±2.28 | 1.40±0.13 | 47.36±5.71 | 74.60±2.63 | 3.57±0.57 | ||
| 2 | 13.85±2.01 | 1.40±0.08 | 50.43±6.79 | 76.48±1.98 | 3.29±0.36 | |||
| Selected lines | 1 | 23.70±6.07 | 1.76±0.15 | 60.39±5.81 | 76.64±2.05 | 4.10±1.24 | ||
| 2 | 26.25±4.73 | 1.61±0.11 | 59.22±5.67 | 76.52±2.27 | 3.79±0.43 | |||
| Mean squares for ANOVAsa (d.f.) | ||||||||
| Line (3) | 1140.63*** | 6.15×10-7*** | 278.91*** | 8.35* | 2.35×10-4*** | |||
| Error (76) | 17.15 | 1.41×10-8 | 12.18 | 2.28 | 2.15×10-5 | |||
Values are means ± s.d. and are based on 20 replicates.
ANOVAs on mass loss were carried out on arcsin-transformed proportions(×100); *P<0.05; ***P<0.001.