Fitness cost in field and laboratory Aedes aegypti populations associated with resistance to the insecticide temephos

Table 6 Mean weights (g) of pupae and adults in Aedes aegypti from three strains and the field population with different pattern of temephos susceptibility

Population/status for temephos susceptibility	Male pupae	Female pupae	Male adults	Female adults
Population/status for temephos susceptibility	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD
RecRev	0.057 ± 0.004 ^a	0.080 ± 0.020^a	0.023 ± 0.001^a	0.053 ± 0.004^a
RecRNEx	0.049 ± 0.002^b	0.068 ± 0.006^a	0.020 ± 0.004^b	0.030 ± 0.005 ^b
RecR	0.048 ± 0.005^b	0.065 ± 0.006^a	0.018 ± 0.004^b	0.026 ± 0.005^b
Arcoverde	0.056 ± 0.004^a	0.076 ± 0.030^a	0.024 ± 0.004^a	0.053 ± 0.006 ^a

For the purpose of statistical analysis, the data were transformed into the square root of x. Different superscript letters indicate significant differences by Tukey’s test (p < 0.05)

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