marginally significantp = 0.07
We detected a marginally significant increase in iron content after the administration of an iron diet (ANOVA, F 1,14 = 3.70, p = 0.07), which ranged from 27.39±0.95 (mean±SE in nmol of iron/mg of protein) to 29.34±1.04 for symbiotic females, and from 27.99±1.24 to 29.92±0.50 for aposymbiotic ones.