In this experiment, the authors were interested in testing the effect of a small molecule inhibitor on the ratio of males and females in the offspring of their model Dipteran species. The authors report that in a wild-type population, ~50 % of offspring are male. They then test the effect of treating females with the chemical, which they think might affect the male:female ratio compared with the untreated group. They claim that there is a statistically significant increase in the percentage of males produced and conclude that the drug affects sex ratios.
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Bell, G. (2016, June 23). Tales of significance. BMC Biology. BioMed Central Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0275-0
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