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Table 2 ANOVAs comparing mean sizes of nanitic workers produced by the resident queen by transplantation treatment

From: Founding weaver ant queens (Oecophylla longinoda) increase production and nanitic worker size when adopting non-nestmate pupae

Transplantation (no. of pupae)

Length (mm)

Head width (mm)

Mean ± SD

Two-way ANOVA

Mean ± SD

Two-way ANOVA

0

5.61 ± 0.14

F(2, 8) = 20.3

1.21 ± 0.05

F(2,8) = 6.1

P = 0.0007

P = 0.025

100

6.33 ± 0.22

1.29 ± 0.04

300

6.41 ± 0.20

1.31 ± 0.04

Eggs before transplantation

 

F(1, 8) = 0.002

 

F(1, 8) = 2.1

P = 0.19

P = 0.97

Whole model

 

F(3, 8) = 24.2

 

F(3, 8) = 13.0

P = 0.0002

P = 0.0019