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Table 1 Sample size and means for cuticle thickness and dry weight for females in each of the eight treatment groups

From: Cuticular differences associated with aridity acclimation in African malaria vectors carrying alternative arrangements of inversion 2La

Species

Karyotype

Environment

N

Mean cuticle thickness (μm) ± SE

Mean dry weight (mg) ± SE

coluzzii

2L+a

benign

18

2.71 ± 0.031

0.45 ± 0.015

 

2La

benign

17

2.84 ± 0.030

0.44 ± 0.015

 

2L+a

arid

15

2.75 ± 0.043

0.59 ± 0.016

 

2La

arid

14

2.82 ± 0.045

0.58 ± 0.017

gambiae

2L+a

benign

16

2.77 ± 0.047

0.42 ± 0.013

 

2La

benign

15

2.94 ± 0.047

0.51 ± 0.010

 

2L+a

arid

16

2.85 ± 0.040

0.64 ± 0.025

 

2La

arid

15

2.83 ± 0.045

0.66 ± 0.023