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Table 5 Two-group comparisons and overall trend of the effect of increasing larval environmental temperature on the time to egg laying by adult Anopheles gambiae s.s. females reared from the larvae

From: Larval and adult environmental temperatures influence the adult reproductive traits of Anopheles gambiae s.s.

  

23 °C ± 1

27 °C ± 1 (with respect to 23 °C)

31 °C ± 1 (with respect to 23 °C)

31 °C ± 1 (with respect to 27 °C)

Overall effect of larval temperature on time to egg laying

1st blood meal

Days (±SD)

4.03 (±0.18)

4.15 (±0.36)

4.29 (±0.46)

 

Mantel-Cox test statistic

 

4.51

11.08

2.20

Log-rank test statistic

11.06

p-value

 

0.03

<0.001

0.14

p-value

<0.001

2nd blood meal

Days (±SD)

4.00

4.03 (±0.18)

4.00 (±0.0)

 

Mantel-Cox test statistic

 

0.48

0

0.50

Log-rank test statistic

0.05

p-value

 

0.49

0.99

0.48

p-value

0.83

3rd blood meal

Days (±SD)

3.57 (±0.5)

3.31 (±0.53)

3.44 (±0.53)

 

Mantel-Cox test statistic

 

2.02

0.22

0.19

Log-rank test statistic

2.03

p-value

 

0.16

0.64

0.67

p-value

0.36