title: Tales of significance.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: BMC Biology, BioMed Central, 236 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB, UK. BMCBiologyEditorial@biomedcentral.com.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012744:Sex Ratio