Table 2 |
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Phenotypic differences between the two groups of male house sparrows used for the experiment prior to the experiment. |
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Male trait |
Averaged Group (N = 48) |
Enlarged group (N = 48) |
F1,94 |
p |
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Original badge size (mm) |
30.29 ± 0.30 |
31.63 ± 0.80 |
2.474 |
0.119 |
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Body mass (g) |
26.51 ± 0.29 |
26.29 ± 0.27 |
1.117 |
0.293 |
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Wing length (mm) |
77.04 ± 0.04 |
77.48 ± 0.03 |
0.770 |
0.382 |
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Tarsus length (mm) |
19.81 ± 0.11 |
19.80 ± 0.15 |
0.006 |
0.938 |
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Body condition |
34.39 ± 0.83 |
34.24 ± 0.97 |
0.025 |
0.874 |
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ANOVA test and mean ± SE are given. |
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Griggio and Hoi BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010 10:261 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-261 |
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