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Fig. 3

From: Male genital lobe morphology affects the chance to copulate in Drosophila pachea

Fig. 3

Courtship durations and relative courtship activity. a The ratio of sum licking duration and total courtship duration in each trial shows that the copulating male (cop.: copulating male, dark grey box-plots) had a higher average sum licking duration compared to the non-copulating male (non cop.: non-copulating male, light-grey box-plots). Each point represents one male. b The total courtship duration was shorter in trials with only one male displaying courtship signs (one, white box-plots) compared to trials with both males courting simultaneously (both, light-grey box-plots) (Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon test, female stock 15090–1698.01, non modified males, W = 385, N = 25/51, P = 0.0053; females of stock 15090–1698.02, W = 219, N = 16/60, P = 0.0009; females stock 15090–1698.01, modified males, W = 62.5, N = 7/54, P = 0.0044). Horizontal bars indicate pairwise comparisons with P-values **< 0.01 or ***< 0.001. Each point represents one mating experiment

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