Table 3.

Branch order distribution of Kenyon cell dendrites

Behavioral groupBranching order
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P74.20  ± 0.498.10  ± 1.1112.20  ± 1.452-ab13.40  ± 1.222-a11.50  ± 1.492-a7.80  ± 1.332-a4.80  ± 1.1622-ab3.60  ± 1.862-a
D1 adult3.88  ± 0.677.25  ± 1.259.38  ± 1.212-a13.25  ± 1.132-a13.50  ± 1.072-ab13.38  ± 1.78bc9.38  ± 2.10c8.00  ± 2.80b
Nurse4.36  ± 0.587.73  ± 1.0411.46  ± 1.342-ab12.55  ± 1.472-a11.73  ± 1.132-a8.73  ± 1.032-a3.91  ± 0.842-a3.64  ± 1.852-a
New precocious forager6.25  ± 0.6510.63  ± 0.9415.00  ± 1.68b18.13  ± 1.36b12.88  ± 2.012-ab6.50  ± 1.402-a2.75  ± 1.052-a2.13  ± 1.402-a
Experienced precocious forager3.67  ± 0.476.33  ± 0.70710.33  ± 0.872-a14.78  ± 1.912-ab18.00  ± 1.99c14.11  ± 1.36bc10.33  ± 2.20c11.11  ± 3.32b
Forager4.00  ± 0.427.70  ± 0.74611.50  ± 0.622-ab12.80  ± 0.852-a12.50  ± 1.342-a10.30  ± 1.172-ab8.00  ± 1.31bc9.90  ± 3.21b
Four-week-old4.19  ± 0.618.50  ± 1.3911.50  ± 1.292-ab14.25  ± 1.632-ab16.31  ± 1.50bc15.31  ± 1.35c10.69  ± 1.96c11.00  ± 4.03b
  • F2-a –cSignificantly different groups as indicated by post hoc pairwise comparisons (least square mean test, p < 0.05). Groups assigned the same letters are statistically similar to each other.