Table 3

The effect of MHC type and MHC heterozygosity on the time course of disease symptoms in females.

Parasitemia
 Blood cell counts
 Body weight change

F
 d.f.
 P
 F
 d.f.
 P
 F
 d.f.
 P
Between subjects
MHC type
 1.5
 4, 71
 0.21
 2.4
 4, 71
 0.62
 0.4
 4, 71
 0.84
MHC heterozygosity
 3.6
 1, 71
 0.061
 0.7
 1, 71
 0.40
 0.1
 1, 71
 0.69










Within subjects (repeated measurements on individual mice)
Time
 61.2
 5, 67
 <0.0001
 107.2
 10, 62
 <0.0001
 24.2
 18, 254
 <0.0001
Time × heterozygosity
 0.7
 20, 223.2
 0.84
 1.0
 40, 237.0
 0.45
 1.0
 72, 214.7
 0.43
Time × MHC
 1.5
 5, 67
 0.21
 1.9
 10, 62
 0.065
 0.5
 18, 54
 0.9

Nested ANOVA analogous to the one presented in Table 2

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