fungus: Sperm Precedence Data from the Fungus Beetle
Description
Offspring counts and proportional paternity by mating order for a breeding experiment of the fungus beetle conducted by JK Conner (1995).
Usage
data(fungus)
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 12 observations on the following 4 variables.
Female
a numeric vector to identify females.
P2
proportional paternity of the second male.
Total_Offspring
total number of offspring for the female.
No_2nd_Male
number of offspring sired by the second male.
Source
J. K. Conner (1995) Extreme variability in sperm precedence in the fungus beetle, Bolitotherus cornutus (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae), Ethology Ecology & Evolution7, 277-280.