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Table 3 The effect of MHC type and MHC heterozygosity on the time course of disease symptoms in females.

From: The separate and combined effects of MHC genotype, parasite clone, and host gender on the course of malaria in mice

 

Parasitemia

Blood cell counts

Body weight change

 

F

d.f.

P

F

d.f.

P

F

d.f.

P

Between subjects

MHC type

1.5

4, 71

0.21

2.4

4, 71

0.62

0.4

4, 71

0.84

MHC heterozygosity

3.6

1, 71

0.061

0.7

1, 71

0.40

0.1

1, 71

0.69

Within subjects (repeated measurements on individual mice)

Time

61.2

5, 67

<0.0001

107.2

10, 62

<0.0001

24.2

18, 254

<0.0001

Time × heterozygosity

0.7

20, 223.2

0.84

1.0

40, 237.0

0.45

1.0

72, 214.7

0.43

Time × MHC

1.5

5, 67

0.21

1.9

10, 62

0.065

0.5

18, 54

0.9

  1. Nested ANOVA analogous to the one presented in Table 2