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Table 4 Prominence of association of expanded sexual selection concepts with taxa

From: Automated content analysis as a tool to compare content in sexual selection research with examples of sexual selection in evolutionary biology textbooks: implications for teaching the nature of science

Concept

Beetles

Flies

Fruit flies

True bugs

Wasps

Other taxa

Butter-flies/moths

Dragon/damsel-flies

Crickets/grass- hoppers

Count

Conflict

 

1.5

1.4

1.11

 

1.05

   

4

Costs

1.67

1.1

1.02

   

1.36

  

4

Female multiple mating

2.14

   

1.89

   

1.09

3

Polyandry

1.32

 

1.85

   

2.11

  

3

Sperm competi-tion

1.9

 

1.53

 

1.07

    

3

Sperm limitation

 

1.2

  

4.19

2.57

1.13

  

4

Sperm quality

  

1.79

 

1.83

   

2.98

3

Sperm storage

1.7

1.9

1.02

      

3

Female aggression

1.11

1.3

  

1.63

   

1.68

4

Female signals

   

2.07

  

2.39

2.83

1.33

4

Female-female

1.04

2.3

      

3.23

3

Male costs

1.65

1.3

 

1.3

     

3

Male mate choice

  

1.7

   

1.63

1.16

 

3

Mutual choice

1.31

2.6

   

2.3

   

3

Variation in female reproduce-tive success

3.11

     

4.81

  

2

Flexible sex roles

 

2.1

1.68

  

1.12

   

3

  1. This table includes prominence values for each of the 16 user-defined concepts that emphasized alternatives to classic sexual selection. General concepts were removed from this analysis. All prominence values > 1 are shown for each group
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