Polyploidy versus endosymbionts in obligately thelytokous thrips

Table 2 Sex ratio and mean offspring number of Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

Treatment	1st week		2nd week		3rd week		Total progeny in 3 weeks
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Rifampicin (5%)	2.08 ± 0.23	0	8.56 ± 0.45	0	11.52 ± 0.46	0	22.16 ± 0.52	0
Control	3.04 ± 0.26	0	10.04 ± 0.41	0	12.84 ± 0.50	0	25.92 ± 0.70	0
t-test (df 48)	2.76		2.42		1.93		4.26
p	0.008		0.02		0.06		<0.0001

This was tested on 25 females during the first, second and third week after rifampicin treatment (both larval and adult stages; second experiment). Differences between treatment and control were tested with an Independent-Samples T test.

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