Table 1 Intervals to the first and second ootheca productions from the imaginal molt in experimental groups
From: Group-housed females promote production of asexual ootheca in American cockroaches
Group | Reproduction mode | 1st ootheca production (mean ± SD) | CV | 2nd ootheca production (mean ± SD) | CV | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One female with one male | sexual | 10.5 (±2.5) | 0.24 | 14.7 (±4.3) | 0.29 | 17 |
One female | asexual | 13.2 (±4.7) | 0.36 | 27.0 (±12.9) | 0.48 | 44 |
Two females | asexual | 11.9 (±5.2) | 0.44 | 22.0 (±7.5) | 0.34 | 42 |
Three females | asexual | 10.4 (±2.9) | 0.28 | 18.2 (±4.0) | 0.22 | 51 |
Five females | asexual | 11.1 (±2.9) | 0.26 | 18.1 (±3.5) | 0.19 | 75 |
One female with one genitalia ablated male | asexual | 13.0 (±5.8) | 0.44 | 26.3 (±9.1) | 0.35 | 20 |
One female with two genitalia ablated males | asexual | 12.6 (±3.6) | 0.28 | 26.6 (±4.9) | 0.18 | 19 |
Three palpectomized females | asexual | 10.9 (±2.0) | 0.19 | 19.6 (±4.3) | 0.22 | 51 |
Three antennectomized females | asexual | 11.9 (±2.0) | 0.17 | 20.8 (±3.5) | 0.17 | 48 |
Three antennae and palpectomised females | asexual | 12.8 (±2.0) | 0.15 | 22.4 (±4.7) | 0.21 | 42 |
One female with periplanone-B | asexual | 12.6 (±3.1) | 0.25 | 24.1 (±7.4) | 0.31 | 41 |