Kelly's Citrus Thrips Reproductive Fitness Under Wolbachia Infection

Individual-level reproductive and fitness data from 7 mating treatments on Cardinium-infected Kelly's citrus thrips (Pezothrips kellyanus). The dataset includes measurements of eggs laid, offspring mortality, sex ratio, and female longevity, supporting analyses of cytoplasmic incompatibility and sperm precedence. Amir H Tourani published this 39.9 KB dataset on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the rescue of reproductive failure after incompatible mating based on compatible remating treatments.
• Analyzing first-male sperm precedence based on mating order treatments and offspring sex ratio.
• Comparing cytoplasmic incompatibility expression across different mating histories using embryonic mortality data.
• Studying the trade-off between female longevity and reproductive output under different mating scenarios.

Strengths

• Individual-level measurements for each replicate female across two experimental runs.
• Includes derived variables such as embryonic mortality percentage and male ratio calculated within the spreadsheet.
• Data supports direct comparison of seven distinct mating treatments, including sequential double matings.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's 39.9 KB size indicates a limited experimental scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Experimental data from mating treatments on Kelly's citrus thrips (Pezothrips kellyanus).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-10 13:19:20; freshness should be verified.