Researchers studied the development of a fly (Drosophila subobscura) that had been accidentally introduced from the Old World into North America around 1980.
ex0918A data frame with 21 observations on the following 8 variables.
Continenta factor with levels "NA" and
"EU"
Latitudelatitude (degrees)
Femalesaverage wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of female flies on log scale
SE.Fstandard error of wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of female flies on log scale
Malesaverage wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of male flies on log scale
SE.Mstandard error of wing size (10\(^3\times\)log mm) of male flies on log scale
Ratioaverage basal length to wing size ratios of female flies
SE.Rstandard error of average basal length to wing size ratio of female flies
Huey, R.B., Gilchrist, G.W., Carlson, M.L., Berrigan, D. and Serra, L. (2000). Rapid Evolution of a Geographic Cline in Size in an Introduced Fly, Science 287(5451): 308--309.