Size-assortative mating and sexual size dimorphism are predictable from simple mechanics of mate-grasping behavior

Table 1 Comparison of female MCG/male FTG ratio and F/M TTL ratio between successful and unsuccessful mating pairs.

Body components	Successful mating pairs			Unsuccessful mating pairs			Difference between means			Difference between coefficients of variation
	n	Mean ± SD	CV	n	Mean ± SD	CV	t-value	df	P-value	Z	P-value
MCG/FTG	32	0.98 ± 0.05	0.049	15	1.00 ± 0.08	0.081	-0.87	45	0.387	-2.31	0.021
TTL(F/M)	32	1.18 ± 0.06	0.047	15	1.21 ± 0.12	0.097	-1.26	45	0.213	-3.46	< 0.001

Note - Analyses were done using t-test and a Z-test for difference between two coefficients of variation [63].

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