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Table 2 Allometric coefficients for head crest area, dorsal fin area and ventral fin area (a non-sexually selected control region)

From: How populations differentiate despite gene flow: sexual and natural selection drive phenotypic divergence within a land fish, the Pacific leaping blenny

 

Males

Females

Population, character

N

aelevation(lower 95% CI, upper 95% CI)

bexponent(lower 95% CI, upper 95% CI)

N

aelevation(lower 95% CI, upper 95% CI)

bexponent(lower 95% CI, upper 95% CI)

Pago

      

  Head crest area

25

1.13 (1.05, 1.20)

2.50 (1.96, 3.03)*

 

na

na

  Dorsal fin area

25

2.70 (2.67, 2.73)

1.82 (1.63, 2.01)*

26

2.45 (2.41, 2.49)

1.43 (1.19, 1.67)

  Ventral fin area

23

2.36 (2.33, 2.38)

1.25 (1.07, 1.43)

24

2.22 (2.18, 2.25)

1.23 (1.04, 1.43)

Taga'chang

      

  Head crest area

54

1.10 (1.04, 1.15)

2.24 (1.86, 2.62)*

 

na

na

  Dorsal fin area

54

2.78 (2.76, 2.80)

1.53 (1.39, 1.67)*

53

2.41 (2.39, 2.43)

1.32 (1.19, 1.46)

  Ventral fin area

41

2.41 (2.39, 2.43)

1.22 (1.08, 1.36)

36

2.23 (2.21, 2.25)

1.12 (.97, 1.27)

Talofofo

      

  Head crest area

44

1.27 (1.22, 1.32)

2.03 (1.50, 2.57)

 

na

na

  Dorsal fin area

44

2.88 (2.86, 2.90)

1.59 (1.37, 1.81)

53

2.33 (2.31, 2.34)

1.49 (1.38, 1.60)

  Ventral fin area

27

2.55 (2.52, 2.59)

1.49 (1.18, 1.81)

35

2.26 (2.23, 2.29)

1.31 (1.10, 1.51)

Umatic

      

  Head crest area

24

1.07 (.98, 1.16)

2.62 (2.14, 3.10)*

 

na

na

  Dorsal fin area

24

2.73 (2.69, 2.77)

1.61 (1.39, 1.84)

28

2.39 (2.35, 2.43)

1.47 (1.27, 1.68)

  Ventral fin area

24

2.40 (2.36, 2.44)

1.25 (1.04, 1.46)

28

2.30 (2.26, 2.34)

1.22 (.99, 1.46)

Adelup

      

  Head crest area

24

.85 (.78, .92)

2.14 (1.74, 2.55)*

 

na

na

  Dorsal fin area

24

2.61 (2.58, 2.63)

1.71 (1.57, 1.85)*

25

2.41 (2.38, 2.43)

1.42 (1.20, 1.65)

  Ventral fin area

20

2.29 (2.26, 2.32)

1.33 (1.16, 1.51)

23

2.27 (2.24, 2.30)

1.27 (1.02, 1.52)

  1. NB: females lack a headcrest. Coefficients with 95% confidence intervals that do not overlap the confidence intervals of the ventral fin are highlight with an asterisk.