International Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Research Article

Evolutionary Consequences of Male Driven Sexual Selection and Sex-Biased Fitness Modifications in Drosophila melanogaster and Members of the simulans Clade

Table 1

Analysis of deviance on individual longevity from experiments 1 and 3 testing the effects of male density (treatments) on female and male longevity (sex), across D. melanogaster, D. simulans, D. sechellia, and D. mauritiana.
 dfDeviance value
Male density34.90.2
Sex1188.18.378 × 10−43
Species3652.15.109 × 10−141
Male density × sex393.05.068 × 10−20
Male density × species913.10.2
Sex × species330.89.334 × 10−7
Male density × sex × species928.2 8.888 × 10−4
Females   
 Male density379.73.497 × 10−17
 Species345.18.656 × 10−10
 Male density × species916.10.1
Males   
 Male density 34.50.2
 Species3664.21.234 × 10−143
 Male density × species915.80.1