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Table 1 The effect of irradiation on egg hatch and fecundity of A. polynesiensis.

From: Integration of irradiation with cytoplasmic incompatibility to facilitate a lymphatic filariasis vector elimination approach

Sex irradiated

Treatment dose (Gy)

n

Percent egg hatch ± SE

Egg number ± SE

Early pupae

Females

0

4

77.9 ± 1.8a

53.1 ± 13.5a

 

20

2

52.2 ± 15.0ab

17.6 ± 5b

 

30

2

41.7 ± 1.0b

5.2 ± 2.9b

 

40

2

0 ± 0c

0.06 ± 0.02b

Late pupae

Females

0

4

82.6 ± 2.9a

44.7 ± 14.2a

 

20

2

61.1 ± 6.0ab

32.9 ± 22.4a

 

30

2

49.8 ± 10.2b

7.1 ± 3.9a

 

40

2

9.1 ± 2.0c

1.4 ± 0.3a

Late pupae

Males

0

3

64.7 ± 1.9a

28.2 ± 6.9a

 

40

3

15.5 ± 2.6b

18.7 ± 4.5a

  1. Within column mean values followed by different superscripted letters are statistically different (P < 0.017) using multiple comparison tests within each treatment group. n is the number of caged populations, which are the replicates of the experiment not the individuals in the cages.