Relations between sperm length, sperm straight-line velocity and mass-specific metabolic rate in eutherian mammals.

Phylogenetically controlled multiple regression analyses (PGLS). Superscripts following the λ value indicate significance levels (n.s. p>0.05; *pλ = 0 (first position) and λ = 1 (second position). Effect size r calculated from the t values and the non-central 95% confidence limits (CLs) for the z-transformed value of r are presented. Confidence intervals excluding 0 indicate statistically significant relationships. P-values and CL that indicate statistical significance are shown in bold. All variables were log10-transformed. n: number of species.Relations between sperm length, sperm straight-line velocity and mass-specific metabolic rate in eutherian mammals.