spodoptera: _Spodoptera frugiperda_ mating trials

In gschofl/coursedata: Data supporting Introductory and Statistical Data Analysis with R.

Description

The noctuid moth Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) consists of two strains (R and C) associated with different larval host plants (most notably corn and rice). These strains exhibit differential temporal patterns of reproductive behaviours (copulation, female calling, male calling, oviposition) during scotophase, with the corn strain more active earlier in the night. This data set describes an experiment where the reproductive timing of 320 fall armyworm mating pairs was observed for three consecutive nights.

Usage

spodoptera

Format

A data frame with 3129 rows and 18 columns

Cross

Type of cross (Backcross, F1, or Parental)

Female

Strain of the female mating partner (R, C, RC, CR), where CR and RC describe female x male hybrids.

MGM

Strain of the maternal grandmother

MGF

Strain of the maternal grandfather

Male

Strain of the male mating partner.

PGM

Strain of the paternal grandmother

PGF

Strain of the paternal grandfather

Day

Day of experiment

Pair

Number of mating pair (= number of mating cup)

NumCop

Number of copulation [First, Second, Third, ...]

NumFcal

Number of female calling [First, Second, Third, ...]

NumOvi

Number of oviposition [First, Second, Third, ...]

NumMcal

Number of male calling [First, Second, Third, ...]

StartCop

Start of copulation [hours into scotophase]

DurationCop

Duration of copulation [hours]

StartFcal

Start of female calling [hours into scotophase]

StartOvi

Start of oviposition [hours into scotophase]

StartMcal

Start of male calling [hours into scotophase]

Source

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01759.x/abstract

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