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Table 9 Summary of fitness cost related to temephos resistance in Aedes aegypti laboratory and field populations

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

Analyzed parameters

RecReva

RecRNEx

RecR

Arcoverde

Mean larval development time (days)

7.5 ± 2.4

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Mean egg-adult development time (days)

11.2 ± 5.2

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Time (min - max) for obtaining adults (days)

11 to 18

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Mortality at the juvenile stage (larvae and pupae)

3.7 %

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Size of the females - morphometrics of the wings (pixels)

9.0 × 1016

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Total energy value/female (lipids and carbohydrates) (J)

3.5

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Lipid reserve (μg)

71.66 ± 4.94

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Fecundity (eggs/female)

205.4 ± 120

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Fertility (L1/eggs/female)

175.5 ± 120

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Ro (net reproduction rate)

45.8

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T (generation time)

3.5

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rm (intrinsic rate of natural increase)

1.1

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λ (finite rate of increase)

3.0

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DT (doubling time of individuals)

0.63

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Egg viability (180 days of quiescence)

>70 %

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Sex ratio (male/female)

1/1

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Reproductive inviability (group of 50 females)

12.0 %

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Female longevity (days)

39 ± 18.0

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Activity of metabolic enzymes

Unaltered

Altered

Altered

Altered

Number of parameters ≠ of RecRev

NA

13

15

13

  1. RecRev (susceptible), RecRNEx (resistant non-exposed), RecR (resistant exposed), and Arcoverde (resistant field). a Reference susceptible laboratory population used in the fitness cost tests. The mean values were plotted for each variable studied; NA - not applicable