Figure 4From: Larval nutrition differentially affects adult fitness and Plasmodium development in the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensiSize of uninfected (white) and Plasmodium yoelii- infected (grey) Anopheles gambiae (A) and Anopheles stephensi (B) reaching different stages of ovarian development five days after feeding. Error bars represent SEM. ** - significant difference between uninfected and infected, p < 0.01. Mean size of uninfected An. gambiae at stage ≥ 4 was significantly greater than those at stages 1 (p < 0.001) and 3 (p = 0.008). Mean sizes of both groups of An. stephensi at stage ≥ 4 were significantly (p < 0.05) greater than stages 1 and 2.Back to article page