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Table 5 Genetic effects of previously identified behavioral QTL on average ovary size

From: Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis of social evolution and major QTL for ovary traits of Africanized worker honey bees (Apis melliferaL.)

Backcross

QTL

Marker

Mann-Whitney test

Effect size (# of ovarioles)

ABC3

AFF4

At164

U(N = 87) = 1182.5 p = 0.035

2.8

ABC5

PLN1

est10110

U(N = 186) = 3008.5, p < 0.001

2.8

 

PLN2

AT110

U(N = 94) = 1423.0, p = 0.016

2.7

 

PLN3

est788

U(N = 189) = 3702.5, p = 0.052

1.4

 

AFF2

ahb2647

U(N = 186) = 5211.5, p = 0.015

1.9