Phenotypic plasticity in opsin expression in a butterfly compound eye complements sex role reversal

Table 4 Summary of findings

Experiment	Groups compared^†	p-value^‡	Pearson’s correlation coefficient (PCC)	PCC result or group with greater mean, if significant
Unadjusted eye size	M vs. F	<0.001***		M
Unadjusted eye size	WS vs. DS	<0.001***		WS
Forewing area	M vs. F	<0.001***		F
Forewing area	WS vs. DS	<0.001***		DS
Adjusted eye size (corrected with forewing area)	M vs. F	<0.001***		M
Adjusted eye size (corrected with forewing area)	WS vs. DS	<0.001***		WS
Correlation between eye size and wing size	WSM	0.001**	r=0.658	Linear relationship
	WSF	0.002**	r=0.588	Linear relationship
	DSM	0.149	r=0.253
	DSF	0.006**	r=0.523	Linear relationship
	Both sexes, both seasons	<0.001***	r=−0.354	Linear relationship
Facet lens area	M vs. F	<0.001***		M
Facet lens area	WS vs. DS	0.031*		DS
Facet number	WSM	0.937	r=−0.031
	WSF	0.862	r=0.063
	DSM	0.472	r=−0.176
	DSF	0.536	r=0.223
	Both sexes, both seasons	0.250	r=0.169
	M vs. F	<0.001***		M
	WS vs. DS	<0.001***		WS
UV opsin expression	DSM vs. DSF	0.051		DSM (not significant)
	WSM vs. WSF	0.111
	DSM vs. WSM	0.799
	DSF vs. WSF	0.010*		WSF
Blue opsin expression	DSM vs. DSF	0.006**		DSM
	WSM vs. WSF	0.333
	DSM vs. WSM	0.757
	DSF vs. WSF	0.007**		WSF
LW opsin expression	DSM vs. DSF	0.005**		DSM
	WSM vs. WSF	0.454
	DSM vs. WSM	0.329
	DSF vs. WSF	0.007**		WSF

† M, male; F, female; DS, dry season; WS, wet season; DSM, dry season male; WSM, wet season male; etc. ‡ Not significant, p>0.05; *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001.

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