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Table 2 Results from general linear models for a) tadpole, b) metamorph and c) juvenile development in natural ponds

From: Post-zygotic selection against parental genotypes during larval development maintains all-hybrid populations of the frog Pelophylax esculentus

   

Developmental stage [97]

Snout-vent length

Body mass

Stage

Source

df

F

p

F

p

F

p

a) Tadpoles

Genotype

1

4.136

0.044

-

-

-

-

Pond

9

18.47

<0.001

-

-

-

-

b) Metamorphs

Genotype

2

-

-

7.63

<0.001

6.00

0.003

Pond

9

-

-

47.74

<0.001

23.98

<0.001

c) Juveniles

Genotype

2

-

-

1.47

0.234

2.46

0.090

 

Pond

11

-

-

2.49

0.007

3.64

<0.001

  1. In a) developmental stage (according to [96]) was related to two genotype categories (hybrid and parental offspring) and pond of origin. In b) and c) body mass and size (measured by snout-vent length) were related to three hybrid genotypes (LR, LLR and LRR) and pond of origin
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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