Research Article

Drosophila melanogaster Selection for Survival of Bacillus cereus Infection: Life History Trait Indirect Responses

Table 3

Average survival time of female and male flies, average total number of eggs, and average progeny production: lines and treatments.

LinesTreatmentsMean (S.E.) female survivalMean (S.E.) male survivalMean (S.E.) egg numberMean (S.E.) progeny number

No perturbation control (CN)Autoclaved spores31.35 (1.84)40.50 (1.63)577 (45.43)185 (18.7)
No perturbation control (CN)H2O35.37 (0.84)42.88 (0.64)639 (47.48)274 (17.6)
No perturbation control (CN)NON35.65 (0.84)42.22 (1.64)561 (37.49)214 (18.1)
Control punctured (CP)Autoclaved spores27.92 (2.16)40.10 (1.19)636 (46.17)225 (18.9)
Control punctured (CP)H2O37.17 (1.24)47.65 (1.62)699 (38.21)262 (17.3)
Control punctured (CP)NON38.20 (1.24)40.65 (1.83)737 (50.09)219 (17.5)
Selected (S)Autoclaved spores27.65 (1.68)35.17 (2.83)588 (55.27)161 (17.5)
Selected (S)H2O29.37 (3.51)43.44 (1.93)763 (45.48)210 (18.0)
Selected (S)NON30.64 (3.10)41.57 (1.86)874 (55.66)222 (17.3)

Treatments: punctured with autoclaved spores (AS), punctured with sterile water (H2O), and no treatment (NON).
Line types: selected (S), punctured with H2O each generation (CP), and no perturbation each generation (CN).