Research Article

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

Table 2

values from comparisons (average survival of females, average survival of males, total egg production, total progeny production, and average progeny development time) of treatments within lines of the same type and comparisons of line types for each treatment.

Overall effectsLines/treatmentsComparisons value of female life span value of male life span value of egg production value of progeny production value of progeny development time

Lines0.44440.53300.02150.09610.1457
Treatments<0.00010.00030.00390.00050.0051
Lines* treatments0.10270.16030.02800.15350.1790
Lines
 No perturbation control (CN)Treatmenta0.19690.66870.45170.00220.8001
 Control punctured (CP)Treatmenta<0.00010.00270.32700.17760.1773
 Selected (S)Treatmenta0.42620.00190.00010.03540.0012
Treatments
 ASLinesb0.69670.16630.67290.0462
 H2OLinesb0.20740.25020.17270.0288
 NONLinesb0.27170.8843<0.00010.9560
 AcLinesb0.0088
 BcLinesb0.8619
 CcLinesb0.3675
 DcLinesb0.4857
 EcLinesb0.0098

aTreatments: punctured with autoclaved spores (AS), punctured with sterile water (H2O), and no treatment (NON).
bLine types: selected (S), punctured with H2O each generation (CP), and no perturbation each generation (CN).
cA–E were matings for the progeny development time assay (see Table 1).