Table 1 ANCOVA of the factors influencing individual (left) and family mean (right) (square-root-transformed) residual longevity of females mated with fathers (all non-significant interactions removed from the model)

df

MS

F

P

df

MS

F

P

Egg number

1

0.084

0.017

0.896

Mean egg number

1

1.182

1.072

0.306

Female size

1

0.043

0.009

0.926

Mean female size

1

2.636

2.392

0.129

Copulation number

1

4.758

0.965

0.327

Male identity

56

4.511

0.915

0.644

Male size

1

0.735

0.667

0.418

Error

173

4.932

Error

46

1.102