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Table 1 Caenorhabditis inopinata occupancy in Ficus septica figs in 2016: all sampled plants

From: Field studies reveal a close relative of C. elegans thrives in the fresh figs of Ficus septica and disperses on its Ceratosolen pollinating wasps

Island

All plantsa

Plants with C. inopinatab

Plants without C. inopinatac

All Figsd

Figs with C. inopinatae

Figs without C. inopinataf

Iriomote

27

19 (0.70)

8 (0.30)

86

49 (0.57)

37 (0.43)

Ishigaki

24

6 (0.25)

18 (0.75)

36

7 (0.19)

29 (0.81)

Miyako

10

6 (0.60)

4 (0.40)

79

17 (0.22)

62 (0.78)

Yonaguni

23

10 (0.43)

13 (0.57)

49

22 (0.45)

27 (0.55)

Total

84

41 (0.49)

43 (0.51)

250

95 (0.38)

155 (0.62)

  1. aThe number of F. septica plants from which figs were picked and dissected. This includes all such plants, regardless of nematode occupancy or pollination status
  2. bThe number of F. septica plants from which at least one dissected fig harbored C. inopinata. Fraction of all plants (denominator in Column 2) in parentheses
  3. cThe number of F. septica plants from which no dissected figs harbored C. inopinata. Fraction of all plants (denominator in Column 2) in parentheses
  4. dThe number of dissected F. septica figs, regardless of nematode occupancy or pollination status
  5. eThe number of dissected F. septica figs harboring C. inopinata, regardless of pollination status. Fraction of all figs (denominator in Column 5) in parentheses
  6. fThe number of dissected F. septica figs that did not contain C. inopinata, regardless of pollination status. Fraction of all figs (denominator in Column 5) in parentheses