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Table 1.

Quantitative analysis of projection neuron responses to sex pheromone components and blend in the moth Agrotis ipsilon: experimental design and sample size

	Specificity	Intensity	Duration
Stimuli
Components	Z7-12:OAc	Z7-12:OAc	Z7-12:OAc
	Z9-14:OAc
	Z11-16:OAc (+ Blend)
Doses	0.01 ng	0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 ng	0.01–1 ng
Durations	200 ms	200 ms	100–2000 ms
Number of animals	69	35	16
Total number of neurons	157	68	26
Complete record sets^{^*}	93^a(68)^{^†}	29^b	17^c

	Specificity	Intensity	Duration
Stimuli
Components	Z7-12:OAc	Z7-12:OAc	Z7-12:OAc
	Z9-14:OAc
	Z11-16:OAc (+ Blend)
Doses	0.01 ng	0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 ng	0.01–1 ng
Durations	200 ms	200 ms	100–2000 ms
Number of animals	69	35	16
Total number of neurons	157	68	26
Complete record sets^{^*}	93^a(68)^{^†}	29^b	17^c

A record set was complete when a neuron was tested ^a with all three single components, ^b at all four doses or ^c at two or more durations, depending on the coding aspect studied

†

Numbers in parentheses are for the blend of all three components

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