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Table 2 Summary of ANOVA analyses

From: Information use and plasticity in the reproductive decisions of malaria parasites

 

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

 

Prior: day 4

Post: days 5-7

Prior: day 10

Post: days 11-13

Asexual density

F4, 34 = 1.13, p = 0.36

F4, 34 = 0.79, p =0.54

F4, 25 = 0.59, p = 0.68

F4, 24 = 0.14, p = 0.97

RBC density

F4, 34 = 1.00, p = 0.42

F4, 34 = 1.70, p = 0.17

F4, 28 = 1.62, p = 0.20

F4, 24 = 0.45, p = 0.77

Reticulocyte proportion

F4, 34 = 1.05, p = 0.40

F4, 34 = 0.32, p =0.86

F4, 28 = 0.77, p = 0.56

F4, 24 = 1.53, p = 0.23

Gametocyte density

F4, 34 = 0.17, p = 0.95

F4, 34 = 0.39, p = 0.81

F4, 28 = 1.60, p = 0.20

F4, 20 = 1.73, p = 0.18

Sex ratio

F4, 31 = 1.27, p = 0.30

F4, 34 = 0.60, p = 0.67

F4, 28 = 0.63, p = 0.64

F4, 26 = 0.22, p = 0.93

  1. Asexual density and the in-host environmental parameters of RBC density and proportion of reticulocytes did not vary significantly across the treatment groups - either prior to, or post cue administration, in either cohort. Furthermore, gametocyte density and sex ratio did not vary significantly prior to cue administration. This means that the effects of the cue treatments were not confounded by unintended variation in the in-host environment or pre-existing variation in gametocyte density and sex ratio (see also Additional file 1: Figure S1).