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From: Suppression of Laccase 2 severely impairs cuticle tanning and pathogen resistance during the pupal metamorphosis of Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Fig. 4

Effects of silencing AsLac2 on physical characteristics of the adult cuticle and emergence rate. Observation and thickness measurement of the dorsal plate cuticle of individual adults in dsLac2-injected (b) and dsRed-injected groups (a). Insets represent enlarged images from the boxed region. c Graphical representation of cuticle thickness for the two groups. An unpaired t-test was performed to test the difference in cuticle thickness between the two groups (t (6) = 9.67, P < 0.0001, n = 4). d Comparison of emergence time and emergence rate between dsLac2- and dsRed-injected groups (N, represents the sample size; log rank test, **P < 0.01). Scale-bars: a, b, 100 μm; insets, 50 μm

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